sup
pronunciation
How to pronounce sup in British English:
UK [sʌp]
How to pronounce sup in American English:
US [sʌp]
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- Noun:
- a small amount of liquid food
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- Verb:
- take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon
Word Origin
- sup (v.1)
- "eat the evening meal," c. 1300, from Old French super, soper "dine, sup, dip bread in soup or wine, sop up" (Modern French souper), which probably is from soupe "broth" (see soup), until recently still the traditional evening meal of French workers.
- sup (v.2)
- "to sip, to take into the mouth with the lips," Old English supan (West Saxon), suppan, supian (Northumbrian) "to sip, taste, drink, swallow" (strong verb, past tense seap, past participle sopen), from Proto-Germanic *supanan (cognates: Old Norse supa "to sip, drink," Middle Low German supen, Dutch zuipen "to drink, tipple," Old High German sufan, German saufen "to drink, booze"), from PIE *sub-, possibly an extended form of root *seue- (2) "to take liquid" (cognates: Sanskrit sunoti "presses out juice," soma; Avestan haoma, Persian hom "juice;" Greek huetos "rain," huein "to rain;" Latin sugere "to suck," succus "juice, sap;" Lithuanian sula "flowing sap;" Old Church Slavonic soku "sap," susati "suck;" Middle Irish suth "sap;" Old English seaw "sap").
Example
- 1. How , then , does the 57-year-old bring himself to now sup with the devil ?
- 2. Ask him if he 'll come sup with me .
- 3. It was sold to russian internet company sup in 2009 and now -- except for a handful of u.s. employees -- operates from moscow .
- 4. After this he increased his assiduities , caressed him in the most engaging manner , made him some small presents , and often asked him to dine and sup with him , when he treated him very handsomely .
- 5. Let me sup in peace !