sup
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++sup /sʌp/ verb (supped, supping) 1. [transitive]DFD to drink something 一点点地喝，呷2. [intransitive] old-fashionedDF to eat supper 吃晚饭 —sup noun [countable]→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
sup• He had to watch two more of his company die, for Polyphemus breakfasted as he had supped.• Then he supped hastily from the bone cup of the cranium.• He pushed the harmonium into the place where the mangle had stood, then sat down to sup his mug of tea.• He wandered out into the kitchen and took a pint of milk from the fridge, supping straight from the bottle.• He'd been going round the beat supping this over-proofed rum from the Customs.• Is not the past of the human race gloomy enough for you, without supping upon the imaginary horrors of its future?• He'd supped with the devil and no spoon was long enough.Origin sup (1300-1400) Old French souper, from soupe; → SOUP1sup verbChinese
Corpus to drink something
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sup /sʌp/
verb (past tense and past participle supped, present participle supping)1. [transitive] to drink something
2. [intransitive] old-fashioned to eat supper
—sup noun [countable]
sup /sʌp/
verb (past tense and past participle supped, present participle supping)1. [transitive] to drink something2. [intransitive] old-fashioned to eat supper
—sup noun [countable]