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SUP

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Irregular inflected forms: supped    , supping   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small amount of liquid food

Example:

a sup of ale

Synonyms:

sup; swallow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("sup" is a kind of...):

mouthful; taste (a small amount eaten or drunk)

Derivation:

sup (take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "sup" is one way to...):

consume; have; ingest; take; take in (serve oneself to, or consume regularly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

sup (a small amount of liquid food)

supper (a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime)

supper (a social gathering where a light evening meal is served)

supping (ingestion of liquid food with a spoon or by drinking)

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 Context examples: 

When I had dressed myself I went into the room where we had supped, and found a cold breakfast laid out, with coffee kept hot by the pot being placed on the hearth.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

He screwed up his face as he took a sup from Sir Charles’s brandy flask.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We supped and camped at the very edge of the cliff, quenching our thirst with two bottles of Apollinaris which were in one of the cases.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Squire, said he, when Dance has had his ale he must, of course, be off on his Majesty's service; but I mean to keep Jim Hawkins here to sleep at my house, and with your permission, I propose we should have up the cold pie and let him sup.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

“You double thief!” he cried, “you have eaten my herrings, and I without bite or sup since morning.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When I got home last night Mina had supper ready, and when we had supped she told me of Van Helsing's visit, and of her having given him the two diaries copied out, and of how anxious she has been about me.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

But I am at Fladong’s, Rodney, where, if you will come and sup with me, you will see some of my messmates from the Mediterranean.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“But my friend Sir Oliver can fight right hardily without either bite or sup,” remarked the prince.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My host, who stood on one side of the great fireplace, leaning against the stonework, made a graceful wave of his hand to the table, and said:—I pray you, be seated and sup how you please.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

It did not surprise me, therefore, that we should find the large room in which we supped crowded with naval men, but I remember that what did cause me some astonishment was to observe that all these sailors, who had served under the most varying conditions in all quarters of the globe, from the Baltic to the East Indies, should have been moulded into so uniform a type that they were more like each other than brother is commonly to brother.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)