Sup
[sʌp]
Definition
(verb.) take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon.
Checked by Abby--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To take into the mouth with the lips, as a liquid; to take or drink by a little at a time; to sip.
(n.) A small mouthful, as of liquor or broth; a little taken with the lips; a sip.
(v. i.) To eat the evening meal; to take supper.
(v. t.) To treat with supper.
Edited by Brent
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Take supper.
v. a. Drink (a little at a time), sip.
n. Sip, taste.
Checker: Marie
Definition
v.t. to take into the mouth as a liquid: (Scot.) to eat with a spoon.—v.i. to eat the evening meal: (B.) to sip:—pr.p. sup′ping; pa.t. and pa.p. supped.—n. a small mouthful as of a liquid.
Typist: Moira
Examples
- You left him a sup o' wine, I hope, Bob (turning to Mr. Moore), to keep his courage up? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- So I should have done, had I not unfortunately happened to engage Boultby to sup with me on his way home from the Bible Society meeting at Nunnely. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I'll wait and see you sup. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- When the shadow was six feet long it was time to bathe, when twice that length it was time to sup. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- If you still desire my society, I will sup with you to-morrow evening, in your own house. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- You sup with Amy, I hope? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I often spend the evening and sup here alone, and sleep with Joe Scott in the mill. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Wery fresh,' replied Sam; 'me and the two waiters at the Peacock has been a-pumpin' over the independent woters as supped there last night. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- After the lovers again joined me, we supped together in the alcove. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Pride breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty, and supped with Infamy_. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Peasant women kept the unfashionable babies close, and brought them up, and charming grandmammas of sixty dressed and supped as at twenty. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Mr. Mell took his meals with the boys, but Mr. Sharp dined and supped at Mr. Creakle's table. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Pride that dines on vanity sups on contempt, as Poor Richard says. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Editor: Martin