Soup
noun
A warm liquid food made by blending vegetables or meat with water, milk, or broth.
She made a delicious vegetable soup for dinner.
Often appears as...
- chicken soup
- soup of the day
noun
A difficult or confusing situation.
I've lost my passport, I'm really in the soup now!
Often appears as...
- in the soup
- get into the soup
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
verb
To improve the power or performance of something, usually a machine.
He souped up his car's engine to make it go faster.
Often appears as...
- soup up an engine
- soup up a car
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A warm liquid food made by blending vegetables or meat with water, milk, or broth.
She made a delicious vegetable soup for dinner.
Often appears as...
- chicken soup
- soup of the day
noun
A difficult or confusing situation.
I've lost my passport, I'm really in the soup now!
Often appears as...
- in the soup
- get into the soup
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
verb
To improve the power or performance of something, usually a machine.
He souped up his car's engine to make it go faster.
Often appears as...
- soup up an engine
- soup up a car
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Variations
The ingredients and style of soups vary widely across cultures, reflecting culinary traditions.
Italian minestrone is very different from Japanese miso soup.
Pro Tip 2/3Meal Starter
Soup is often served as the first course in a multi-course meal.
We began the feast with a creamy mushroom soup.
Pro Tip 3/3Comfort Food
Soup is considered comforting and is often consumed when someone is ill or in cold weather.
Mom made chicken soup to help me feel better.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Variations
The ingredients and style of soups vary widely across cultures, reflecting culinary traditions.
Italian minestrone is very different from Japanese miso soup.
Pro Tip 2/3Meal Starter
Soup is often served as the first course in a multi-course meal.
We began the feast with a creamy mushroom soup.
Pro Tip 3/3Comfort Food
Soup is considered comforting and is often consumed when someone is ill or in cold weather.
Mom made chicken soup to help me feel better.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Variations
The ingredients and style of soups vary widely across cultures, reflecting culinary traditions.
Italian minestrone is very different from Japanese miso soup.
Pro Tip 2/3Meal Starter
Soup is often served as the first course in a multi-course meal.
We began the feast with a creamy mushroom soup.
Pro Tip 3/3Comfort Food
Soup is considered comforting and is often consumed when someone is ill or in cold weather.
Mom made chicken soup to help me feel better.
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What really happens to...
This is one of five plastic-filled gyres in the world's seas. Places where the pollutants turn the water into a cloudy plastic soup. Some animals, like seabirds, get entangled in the mess. They, and others, mistake the brightly colored plastic bits for food.
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The pleasure of poetic...
It's central to our experience, rhythm and repetition, rhythm and repetition. On, and in, and on, and out. And we delight in those aspects everyday, in the rhythm of a song, the beat of the drum, the nod of your head, or in the repetition of soup cans,
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How I learned to read --...
and homeless shelters. Oftentimes, dinner was served in breadlines and soup kitchens. The big homey told me money rules the world and everything in it. And in these streets, money is king. And if you follow the money,
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
ostriches have yet to find a way to foil such things even the river normally a lifeline for the animals has almost disappeared yet the mud soup that remains could be concealing a free lunch
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Leopard Learns How to...
Even the river, normally a lifeline for the animals, has almost disappeared. Yet the mud soup that remains could be concealing a free lunch if only the leopards can figure out what it is
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The Blue Planet...
key factor the deep ocean currents far below the surface they collide with the islands flanks and are deflected upwards bringing with them from the depths a rich soup of nutrients
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ONE HOUR of Amazing...
even the river normally a lifeline for the animals has almost disappeared yet the mud soup that remains could be concealing a free lunch if only the leopards can figure out what
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Mother Nature’s...
soups they're very nutritious all the leaves can be dried pounded and made into powder and this powder can be stored and eaten stored for the lean times which is very important
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109-Year-Old Veteran and...
a lot of people don't like soup don't break me up but I've been drinking milk for over writing all my life and ice cream I eat ice cream every night it makes me happy
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Best Of Oceans PIPE BBC...
upwards bringing with them from the depths a rich soup of nutrients such upwellings attract great concentrations of life
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What really happens to...
This is one of five plastic-filled gyres in the world's seas. Places where the pollutants turn the water into a cloudy plastic soup. Some animals, like seabirds, get entangled in the mess. They, and others, mistake the brightly colored plastic bits for food.
Video examples
The pleasure of poetic...
It's central to our experience, rhythm and repetition, rhythm and repetition. On, and in, and on, and out. And we delight in those aspects everyday, in the rhythm of a song, the beat of the drum, the nod of your head, or in the repetition of soup cans,
Video examples
How I learned to read --...
and homeless shelters. Oftentimes, dinner was served in breadlines and soup kitchens. The big homey told me money rules the world and everything in it. And in these streets, money is king. And if you follow the money,
Video examples
BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
ostriches have yet to find a way to foil such things even the river normally a lifeline for the animals has almost disappeared yet the mud soup that remains could be concealing a free lunch
Video examples
Leopard Learns How to...
Even the river, normally a lifeline for the animals, has almost disappeared. Yet the mud soup that remains could be concealing a free lunch if only the leopards can figure out what it is
Video examples
The Blue Planet...
key factor the deep ocean currents far below the surface they collide with the islands flanks and are deflected upwards bringing with them from the depths a rich soup of nutrients
Video examples
ONE HOUR of Amazing...
even the river normally a lifeline for the animals has almost disappeared yet the mud soup that remains could be concealing a free lunch if only the leopards can figure out what
Video examples
Mother Nature’s...
soups they're very nutritious all the leaves can be dried pounded and made into powder and this powder can be stored and eaten stored for the lean times which is very important
Video examples
109-Year-Old Veteran and...
a lot of people don't like soup don't break me up but I've been drinking milk for over writing all my life and ice cream I eat ice cream every night it makes me happy
Video examples
Best Of Oceans PIPE BBC...
upwards bringing with them from the depths a rich soup of nutrients such upwellings attract great concentrations of life
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Quote examples
Lindsay Wagner
American Actress
I was raised on T.V. dinners because in those days, they were considered a well-balanced meal. And when I was sick, my mother fed me beef-barley soup and peanut butter sandwiches. That's about it for childhood food memories.
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Mohsin Hamid
Pakistani Writer
Chance plays a powerful role in every life - our brains and personalities are just chemical soup, after all; a few drops here or there matter enormously - but consequences often become more serious as income levels go down.
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Sade Adu
Nigerian Musician
Whatever I'm doing, I'm in that moment and I'm doing it. The rest of the world's lost. If I'm cooking some food or making soup, I want it to be lovely. If not, what's the point of doing it?
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Lisa Gardner
American Author
I still like the relationship part of any story. You don't want your character to figure everything out and then at the end of the day, go home and eat soup from a can by herself.
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Mary Berry
British Chef
I make myself eat one piece of toast for breakfast. When I'm doing 'Bake Off,' I eat soup for lunch. I know what puts on weight for me; it's just over-indulgence.
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Ainsley Harriott
English Chef
Bread's so important for me, it makes such a difference. I like it with a lovely bit of cheese on it, sometimes just with butter, or with some fresh soup.
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Henny Youngman
American Comedian
A Jewish woman had two chickens. One got sick, so the woman made chicken soup out of the other one to help the sick one get well.
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Jordan Peele
American Actor
You boil down your influences to a soup, and it all informs you.
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Patti Smith
American Musician
Rock n' roll is dream soup, what's your brand?
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Paris Hilton
American Celebrity
What's a soup kitchen?
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Lindsay Wagner
American Actress
I was raised on T.V. dinners because in those days, they were considered a well-balanced meal. And when I was sick, my mother fed me beef-barley soup and peanut butter sandwiches. That's about it for childhood food memories.
Quote examples
Mohsin Hamid
Pakistani Writer
Chance plays a powerful role in every life - our brains and personalities are just chemical soup, after all; a few drops here or there matter enormously - but consequences often become more serious as income levels go down.
Quote examples
Sade Adu
Nigerian Musician
Whatever I'm doing, I'm in that moment and I'm doing it. The rest of the world's lost. If I'm cooking some food or making soup, I want it to be lovely. If not, what's the point of doing it?
Quote examples
Lisa Gardner
American Author
I still like the relationship part of any story. You don't want your character to figure everything out and then at the end of the day, go home and eat soup from a can by herself.
Quote examples
Mary Berry
British Chef
I make myself eat one piece of toast for breakfast. When I'm doing 'Bake Off,' I eat soup for lunch. I know what puts on weight for me; it's just over-indulgence.
Quote examples
Ainsley Harriott
English Chef
Bread's so important for me, it makes such a difference. I like it with a lovely bit of cheese on it, sometimes just with butter, or with some fresh soup.
Quote examples
Henny Youngman
American Comedian
A Jewish woman had two chickens. One got sick, so the woman made chicken soup out of the other one to help the sick one get well.
Quote examples
Jordan Peele
American Actor
You boil down your influences to a soup, and it all informs you.
Quote examples
Patti Smith
American Musician
Rock n' roll is dream soup, what's your brand?
Quote examples
Paris Hilton
American Celebrity
What's a soup kitchen?
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