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soup Aug 2nd 2011, 10:09 Noun: ← Older revision Revision as of 10:09, 2 August 2011 Line 14: Line 14: {{en-noun|s|-}} {{en-noun|s|-}} - # Any of various dishes commonly made by boiling water or [[stock]] with various ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, to extract flavor. + # Any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or [[stock]] with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute flavor and texture. #: ''Pho is a traditional Vietnamese '''soup'''.'' #: ''Pho is a traditional Vietnamese '''soup'''.'' - # {{countable}} A serving of such a dish, typically in a [[bowl]]. + ## {{countable}} A serving of such a dish, typically in a [[bowl]]. - # {{uncountable}} The liquid part of such a dish; the [[broth]]. + ## {{uncountable}} The liquid part of such a dish; the [[broth]]. - # {{figuratively}} Any mixture of such consistency. + # {{figurative}} Any mixture or substance suggestive of soup consistency. - # {{UK|informal|often "the"}} Unfortunate situation, trouble, problems (a fix, a mess). + ## {{slang}} thick fog or cloud (also {{term|pea soup}}).   + ## {{US|slang}} nitroglycerin or gelignite, esp. when used for safe-cracking.   + ## {{cant}} dope (for making horses run faster or change their personality).   + ## {{photography}} processing chemicals into which film is dipped, e.g., developer.   + ## {{biology}} Liquid or gelatinous substrate, esp. the mixture of organic compounds that is believe to have played a role in the origin of life on Earth. (Cf. {{term|primordial soup}})   + # {{UK|informal|often "the"}} Unfortunate situation, trouble, problems (a fix, a mess), chaos. #* {{quote-book #* {{quote-book |year=1960 |year=1960 Line 25: Line 25: |title={{w|Jeeves in the Offing}} |title={{w|Jeeves in the Offing}} |section=chapter I and X |section=chapter I and X - |passage=B. Wickham had also the disposition and general outlook on life of a ticking bomb. In her society you always had the uneasy feeling that something was likely to go off at any moment with a pop. You never knew what she was going to do next or into what murky depths of '''soup''' she would carelessly plunge you. [...]<!--ch. X--> "It may be fun for her," I said with one of my bitter laughs, "but it isn't so diverting for the unfortunate toads beneath the harrow whom she plunges so ruthlessly in '''the soup'''."}} + |passage=B. Wickham had also the disposition and general outlook on life of a ticking bomb. In her society you always had the uneasy feeling that something was likely to go off at any moment with a pop. You never knew what she was going to do next or into what murky depths of '''soup''' she would carelessly plunge you. [...]<!--ch. X--> "It may be fun for her," I said with one of my bitter laughs, "but it isn't so diverting for the unfortunate toads beneath the harrow whom she plunges so ruthlessly '''in the soup'''."}}   + # {{surfing}} The foam portion of a wave.   +   + ===Verb===   +   + # To provide soup or a meal.   + # To dine on soup, to eat soup.   + # To soak up liquid or sauce from a dish with a piece of bread and eat it.   + # To be in trouble or in difficulty (often passive--cf. {{term|in the soup}}).   + #* {{quote-book   + |year=1922   + |author={{w|James Joyce}}   + |title={{w|Ulyssis}}   + |section=II   + |passage=Luck I had the presenee [sic] of mind to dive into Manning's or I was '''souped'''.}}   + # {{informal}} To improve something by making it more powerful, elaborate or impressive (Cf. {{term|soup up}}) ====Derived terms==== ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''soup''}} {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''soup''}} * [[alphabet soup]] * [[alphabet soup]]   + * [[beef soup]] * [[beer soup]] * [[beer soup]] - * [[be in the soup]]   * [[bird's nest soup]] * [[bird's nest soup]] - * [[chicken noodle soup]] + * [[bread soup]]   + * [[canned soup]]   + * [[chicken soup]] * [[condensed soup]] * [[condensed soup]] * [[cream soup]] * [[cream soup]] - * [[cucumber soup]]   - * [[dashi soup]]   * [[dessert soup]] * [[dessert soup]] * [[duck soup]] * [[duck soup]] Line 45: Line 43: * [[French onion soup]] * [[French onion soup]] * [[fruit soup]] * [[fruit soup]]   + * [[in the soup]] * [[leek soup]] * [[leek soup]] * [[lentil soup]] * [[lentil soup]] * [[miso soup]] * [[miso soup]]   + * [[mock turtle soup]] * [[noodle soup]] * [[noodle soup]] * [[oxtail soup]] * [[oxtail soup]] - * [[pea soup]]   - * [[portable soup]]   {{rel-mid4}} {{rel-mid4}}   + * [[pea soup]] * [[primordial soup]] * [[primordial soup]] * [[she-crab soup]] * [[she-crab soup]] - * [[sliced fish soup]]   * [[soup bowl]] * [[soup bowl]]   + * [[soup du jour]] * [[souped-up]] * [[souped-up]] * [[souper]] * [[souper]]   + * [[souping]] * [[soup fire]] * [[soup fire]] * [[soup kitchen]] * [[soup kitchen]] * [[soup legs]] * [[soup legs]] * [[soup of the day]] * [[soup of the day]] - * [[soup's on]]   {{rel-mid4}} {{rel-mid4}}   + * [[soup plate]]   + * [[soup's on]] * [[soup sandwich]] * [[soup sandwich]] * [[soup to nuts]] * [[soup to nuts]]   + * [[soup up]] * [[soupy]] * [[soupy]] - * [[sour cherry soup]]   - * [[sour soup]]   * [[stone soup]] * [[stone soup]] * [[tomato soup]] * [[tomato soup]]   + * [[vegetable soup]] * [[wine soup]] * [[wine soup]] * [[winter melon soup]] * [[winter melon soup]]

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