sup

sup ¹  (sp)

tr. & intr.v. supped, sup·ping, sups

To eat or drink (something) or engage in eating or drinking by taking small swallows or mouthfuls: supped the hot soup; supped away daintily.

n.

A small swallow or mouthful of liquid food; a sip.

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[Middle English soupen, from Old English span; see seu-² in Indo-European roots.]

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sup ²  (sp)

intr.v. supped, sup·ping, sups

To eat an evening meal; have supper.

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[Middle English soupen, from Old French souper, from soupe, soup; see soup.]

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sup¹

vb sups, supping, supped

1. (Cookery) (intr) Archaic to have supper

2. (Cookery) (tr) Obsolete to provide with supper

[from Old French soper; see sup²]

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sup²

vb sups, supping, supped

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) to partake of (liquid) by swallowing a little at a time

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) Scot and northern English dialect to drink

n

a sip

[Old English sūpan; related to Old High German sūfan, German saufen; see also sup¹]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sup - a small amount of liquid food; "a sup of ale" swallow mouthful, taste - a small amount eaten or drunk; "take a taste--you'll like it"
Verb	1.	sup - take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon ingest, consume, have, take in, take - serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"

Translations

sup [sʌp]

A. VI → cenar
to sup off sth; sup on sth → cenar algo

B. VT (also to sup up) → sorber, beber a sorbos

sup

vt (esp N Engl, Scot) → trinken

vi (old: = dine) → zu Abend essen; to sup off or on something → etw zu Abend essen; he that sups with the devil must have a long spoon (Prov) → wer den Teufel zum Freund hat, kommt leicht in die Hölle (Prov)

n (= drink) → Schluck m