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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.

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[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).]

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soup

Noun

1. a food made by cooking meat, fish, or vegetables in a stock

2. in the soup Slang in trouble or difficulties [Old French soupe]

soupy adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	soup - 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"
Verb	1.	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"

Translations

soup [suːp] n (thick) → sopa;

(thin) → caldo;

in the soup (fig) → en apuros

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soup [suːp] n → soupe f, potage m;

in the soup (fig) → dans le pétrin

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soup [suːp] n → Suppe f;

to be in the soup (fig) → in der Tinte sitzen

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soup [suːp] n → minestra;

(clear) → brodo;

(thick) → zuppa;

in the soup (fig) → nei guai

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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, 고깃국(물) sriuba zupa sup soep suppe zupa sopa supă, ciorbă суп polievka juha supa soppa น้ำแกง çorba 湯 суп پتلا شوربا، یخنی، گوشت، ترکاری وغیرہ کا xúp, canh, cháo 汤

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 빠져, 난처하여 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 在困境中