supping
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verb (used with object)
1.
to take (liquid food, or any liquid) into the mouth in small quantities, as from a spoon or cup; sip.
verb (used without object)
2.
to take liquid into the mouth in small quantities, as by spoonfuls or sips.
noun
3.
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
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World English Dictionary
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| —vb , sups, supping, supped | |
| 1. | archaic (intr) to have supper |
| 2. | obsolete (tr) to provide with supper |
| [C13: from Old French soper; see | |
| sup2 (sʌp) | |
| —vb , sups, supping, supped | |
| 1. | to partake of (liquid) by swallowing a little at a time |
| 2. | dialect (Scot), (Northern English) to drink |
| —n | |
| 3. | a sip |
| [Old English sūpan; related to Old High German sūfan, German saufen; see also | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
sup
"eat the evening meal," late 13c., from O.Fr. super, which probably is from soupe "broth" (see soup), until recently still the traditional evening meal of French workers.
sup
"sip," O.E. supan (W.Saxon), suppan, supian (Northumbrian) "to sip, swallow," from P.Gmc. *supanan (cf. O.N. supa "to sip, drink," M.L.G. supen, Du. zuipen "to drink, tipple, booze," O.H.G. sufan, Ger. saufen "to drink, booze"), from PIE *sub-, from base *seue- "to take liquid" (cf. Skt. sunoti "presses
out juice," soma; Avestan haoma, Pers. hom "juice;" Gk. huetos "rain," huein "to rain;" L. sugere "to suck," succus "juice, sap;" Lith. sula "flowing sap;" O.C.S. soku "sap," susati "suck;" M.Ir. suth "sap;" O.E. seaw "sap").
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
| SUP Society for Ultrastructural Pathology |
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