SUP (supped, supping)

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Irregular inflected forms: supped    , supping   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does sup mean? 

• SUP (noun)
  The noun SUP has 1 sense:

1. a small amount of liquid food

  Familiarity information: SUP used as a noun is very rare.

• SUP (verb)
  The verb SUP has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SUP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small amount of liquid food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

sup; swallow

Context example:

a sup of ale

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)

• SUP (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they sup    ... he / she / it sups   
Past simple: supped   
Past participle: supped   
-ing form: supping   

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)

 Context examples 

The king is at the tent of the brave Du Guesclin, where he will sup to night.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You will, I trust, excuse me that I do not join you; but I have dined already, and I do not sup.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“’Ere, Tom, give old Buckhorse a sup o’ liptrap. Warm his ’eart for ’im.”

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Well, Mr. Holmes, I supped there, as the vicar has said, and my elder brother George proposed a game of whist afterwards.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I had to sit with the girls during their hour of study; then it was my turn to read prayers; to see them to bed: afterwards I supped with the other teachers.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Last night we all supped at Lord John Roxton's rooms, and sitting together afterwards we smoked in good comradeship and talked our adventures over.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mr. Mell took his meals with the boys, but Mr. Sharp dined and supped at Mr. Creakle's table.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

And when, at last, I shouldered the coracle and groped my way stumblingly out of the hollow where I had supped, there were but two points visible on the whole anchorage.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Mrs. Goddard had dressed it on a Sunday, and asked all the three teachers, Miss Nash, and Miss Prince, and Miss Richardson, to sup with her.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Such a man must not go from my court without rest or sup.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)