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soup
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soup  (sp)
n.
1. A liquid food prepared from meat, fish, or vegetable stock combined with various other ingredients and often containing solid pieces.
2. A liquid rich in organic compounds and providing favorable conditions for the emergence and growth of life forms: primordial soup.
3. Slang Something having the appearance or a consistency suggestive of soup, especially:
a. Dense fog.
b. Nitroglycerine.
4. A chaotic or unfortunate situation.
Phrasal Verb:
soup up Slang
To modify (something) so as to increase its capacity to perform or satisfy, especially to add horsepower or greater speed potential to (an engine or a vehicle).
Idiom:
in the soup Slang
Having difficulties; in trouble.

[Middle English soupe, from Old French, of Germanic origin; see seu-2 in Indo-European roots. Soup up, from soup, material injected into a horse to make it run faster (influenced by supercharge).]

soup [suːp]
n
1. (Cookery) a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, vegetables, etc., usually served hot at the beginning of a meal
2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) Informal a photographic developer
3. Informal anything resembling soup in appearance or consistency, esp thick fog See also peasouper
4. (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) a slang name for nitroglycerine
in the soup Informal in trouble or difficulties
[from Old French soupe, from Late Latin suppa, of Germanic origin; compare Middle High German suppe, Old Norse soppa soup]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.soup - liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid foodsoup - liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food
dish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner"
soup du jour - the soup that a restaurant is featuring on a given day
alphabet soup - soup that contains small noodles in the shape of letters of the alphabet
consomme - clear soup usually of beef or veal or chicken
bisque - a thick cream soup made from shellfish
borsch, borscht, borsh, borshch, borsht, bortsch - a Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation
broth - a thin soup of meat or fish or vegetable stock
broth, stock - liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces; "she made gravy with a base of beef stock"
chicken soup - soup made from chicken broth
cock-a-leekie, cocky-leeky - soup made from chicken boiled with leeks
gazpacho - a soup made with chopped tomatoes and onions and cucumbers and peppers and herbs; served cold
gumbo - a soup or stew thickened with okra pods
julienne - a clear soup garnished with julienne vegetables
marmite - soup cooked in a large pot
mock turtle soup - soup made from a calf's head or other meat in imitation of green turtle soup
mulligatawny - a soup of eastern India that is flavored with curry; prepared with a meat or chicken base
oxtail soup - a soup made from the skinned tail of an ox
pea soup - a thick soup made of dried peas (usually made into a puree)
pepper pot, Philadelphia pepper pot - a soup made with vegetables and tripe and seasoned with peppercorns; often contains dumplings
minestrone, petite marmite, vegetable soup - soup made with a variety of vegetables
potage, pottage - thick (often creamy) soup
green turtle soup, turtle soup - soup usually made of the flesh of green turtles
eggdrop soup - made by stirring beaten eggs into a simmering broth
chowder - a thick soup or stew made with milk and bacon and onions and potatoes
wonton soup, won ton, wonton - a soup with won ton dumplings
split-pea soup - made of stock and split peas with onions carrots and celery
green pea soup, potage St. Germain - made of fresh green peas and stock with shredded lettuce onion and celery
lentil soup - made of stock and lentils with onions carrots and celery
Scotch broth - a thick soup made from beef or mutton with vegetables and pearl barley
vichyssoise - a creamy potato soup flavored with leeks and onions; usually served cold
2.soup - any composition having a consistency suggestive of soup
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
composition - a mixture of ingredients
3.soup - an unfortunate situation; "we're in the soup now"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
situation, position - a condition or position in which you find yourself; "the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils"; "found herself in a very fortunate situation"
Verb1.soup - dope (a racehorse)
practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"
dope up, dope - give a narcotic to; "The athletes were dope by the coach before the race"

soup
noun broth, bisque, chowder, consommé, bouillon, goulash, pot au feu home-made chicken soup
Translations
soup [suːp]
A. N (thin) → caldo m, consomé m; (thick) → sopa f
vegetable soupsopa f de verduras
to be in the soupestar en apuros
B. CPD soup kitchen Ncomedor m popular, olla f común
soup plate Nplato m sopero
soup spoon Ncuchara f sopera
soup tureen Nsopera f

soup [ˈsuːp] nsoupe f, potage m
vegetable soup → soupe f aux légumes
to be in the soup > (fig)être dans le pétrin >
soup bowl nbol m de soupe
soup course npotage m
souped-up [ˌsuːptˈʌp] adj [engine] → gonflé(e); [car] → préparé(e), trafiqué(e); [version] → amélioré(e)
soup kitchen nsoupe f populaire
soup plate nassiette f creuse, assiette f à soupe
soup spoon ncuillère f à soupe
soup tureen nsoupière f

soup
nSuppe f; to be in the soup (inf)in der Tinte or Patsche sitzen (inf)

soup:
soup kitchen
nVolksküche f; (for disaster area etc) → Feldküche f
soup plate
soup spoon
soup tureen

soup [suːp] nminestra; (thick) → zuppa; (clear) → brodo
vegetable soup → minestra di verdura
to be in the soup (fam) → essere or trovarsi nei pasticci

soup1
n soup [suːp]
a liquid food made from meat, vegetables etc She made some chicken soup. sop حَساء، شوربَه супа polévka suppe die Suppe, die Brühe σούπα sopa supp سوپ keitto soupe, potage מָרָק शोरबा, रसा, झोल juha, čorba leves sup súpa zuppa, minestra スープ 수프 sriuba zupa sup soep suppe zupa sopa supă, ciorbă суп polievka juha supa soppa น้ำแกง çorba суп پتلا شوربا، یخنی، گوشت، ترکاری وغیرہ کا xúp, canh, cháo
in the soup
in serious trouble If she's found out about it, we're all in the soup! in die sop في مأزِق، في وَرْطَه в затруднение v pěkné kaši i suppedasen in der Tinte sitzen σε πολύ δύσκολη θέση en apuros supi sees مشكلات جدي liemessä dans de beaux draps בָּצרוֹת विपत्ति में u škripcu (benne van) a pácban dalam kesulitan sitja í súpunni, í klípu (nei pasticci/guai) 苦境に立つ 곤경에 처해, 난처하게 되어 keblioje padėtyje ķezā; tintē susah in de puree sitte fint i det w opałach em apuros în încurcă­tură влип(нуть) v peknej kaši v kaši u nevolji i klistret ในสถานการณ์ที่เลวร้าย başı dertte 在困境中 в скрутному становищі مشکلات میں گھرا đang gặp rắc rối

soup2
v soup
soup up to improve the performance of a car or motor-cycle by making its engine more powerful etc. opkikker يُحَسِّن أو يُقَوّي المُحَرِّك увеличавам мощта vylepšit tune aufmöbeln, tunen ενισχύω τον κινητήρα αυτοκινήτου ή μηχανής trucar tuunima تقويت موتور gonfler לְהַגדִיל אֶת כּוֹחַ הַמָנוֹע इंजन को ज्यादा शक्तिशाली बना कर किसी कार या मोटर साइकल का प्रदर्शन सुधारना pojačati, frizirati motor (fel)tuningol (lóerőteljesítmény fokozása céljából) meningkatkan daya mesin mobil, dsb. truccare パワーアップする (엔진 마력을 강화하여 차의 성능을) 개선하다 padidinti (variklio) galingumą/greitį palielināt dzinēja jaudu menambahkan kuasa opvoeren, opfokken trimme motoren wyregulować, podkręcić повышать мощность zvýšiť výkon; vylepšiť povečati moč motorja poboljšati trimma [] เพิ่มกำลังและความเร็วของ (เครื่องจักร) gücünü arttırmak 將車加馬力以加速 збільшувати потужність کسی انجن کی طاقت یا کارکردگی کو بڑھانا tăng công suất bằng cách cải tiến động cơ

soup حساء polévka suppe Suppe σούπα sopa keitto soupe juha minestra スープ 수프 soep suppe zupa sopa суп soppa ซุป çorba xúp


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