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sup
1[ suhp ]
sup
2[ suhp ]
verb (used without object)
- to eat the evening meal; have supper.
verb (used with object)
- to provide with or entertain at supper.
sup
3[ suhp ]
verb (used with object)
- to take (liquid food, or any liquid) into the mouth in small quantities, as from a spoon or cup; sip.
verb (used without object)
- to take liquid into the mouth in small quantities, as by spoonfuls or sips.
noun
- a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
sup
4[ soop ]
noun
sup-
5- variant of sub- before p:
suppose.
sup.
6abbreviation for
- superior.
- superlative.
- supine.
- supplement.
- supplementary.
- supply.
- supra.
sup
1/ sʌp /
verb
- to partake of (liquid) by swallowing a little at a time
- dialect.to drink
noun
- a sip
sup
2/ sʌp /
verb
- archaic.intr to have supper
- obsolete.tr to provide with supper
sup.
3abbreviation for
- above
- superior
- grammar superlative
Word History and Origins
Origin of sup1
Origin of sup2
Origin of sup3
Origin of sup4
Word History and Origins
Origin of sup1
Origin of sup2
Origin of sup3
Example Sentences
Competence with pain, Coherent miseries, a bite and sup, We hug our little destiny again.
One sure sign Gov. Jindal is hungry for higher office is his willingness to sup at the table of the kook right.
Had put on her Sunday gown, and had nothing to do now but hold up her head high, and sup her soup out of a silver spoon.
"Monsieur le Comte will remain and sup with us before riding back to Grenoble," she added.
Some of Sivert Jespersen's guests had returned to sup at his house, others went straight home.
For these people we have to be merry when they are merry, well when they want to sup, sceptics like themselves.
And he begs Saint John to remember his olive trees, his family, who will sup at Christmas-tide without him.
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