Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Soup

Soup , noun

[French soupe, Old French sope, supe, soupe, perhaps originally, a piece of bread; probably of Teutonic origin; compare Dutch sop sop, German suppe soup. See Sop something dipped in a liquid, and compare Supper.]

A liquid food of many kinds, usually made by boiling meat and vegetables, or either of them, in water, -- commonly seasoned or flavored; strong broth.
Collocations (2)
Soup kitchen , an establishment for preparing and supplying soup to the poor.
Soup ticket , a ticket conferring the privilege of receiving soup at a soup kitchen.

Soup , transitive verb

To sup or swallow. [Obsolete] — Wyclif

Soup , transitive verb

To breathe out. [Obsolete] — amden

Soup , transitive verb

To sweep. See Sweep, and Swoop. [Obsolete]