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# sup

«sup» in Mova's school dictionary: **to drink something a little at a time, or to sip** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (sup, sups, supped, supping); noun (a sup); interjection («'sup» — slang)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (old or northern UK) To sup is to drink something a little at a time, or to sip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sup/#m1)

2) (old) To sup is to eat supper, the evening meal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sup/#m2)

3) (noun) A sup is a small mouthful of a drink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sup/#m3)

4) (slang, «'sup» or «sup») A short way of saying «What's up?» as a greeting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sup/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In old stories and the Bible people «sup» with friends, meaning eat the evening meal together. In the north of England and Ireland «sup» still means to drink («sup your tea»). Young people text «sup?» meaning «hi, how are you?».

### examples

- The travellers supped with the farmer and his wife. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sup/#x1)
- Have a sup of tea before you go. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sup/#x2)
- He supped his soup slowly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sup/#x3)
- «Sup, mate?» said the older boy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sup/#x4)
- The Rat and Mole supped by the fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sup/#x5)
- Take just a sup, it's very hot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sup/#x6)
- Sup, say your prayers, and go to bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sup/#x7)

### note

Past: supped, supping (double p). The greeting «'sup» is very informal slang; do not use in writing at school. Related to «supper» and «soup».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sup» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sup/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.