[suːp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a liquid dish, typically savoury and made by boiling meat, fish, or vegetables etc. in stock or water
(e.g: a bowl of tomato soup)

- a substance or mixture regarded as resembling soup in appearance or consistency
(e.g: the waves and the water beyond have become a thick brown soup)

- nitroglycerine or gelignite, especially as used for safe-breaking


Phrases:
- from soup to nuts
- in the soup

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French soupe ‘sop, broth (poured on slices of bread)’, from late Latin suppa, of Germanic origin

[suːp], (Verb)

Definitions:
- increase the power and efficiency of an engine or other machine
(e.g: souping up an engine's power can increase pollutants)


Phrases:
- from soup to nuts
- in the soup

Origin:
1930s, perhaps influenced by super-
Middle English: from Old French soupe ‘sop, broth (poured on slices of bread)’, from late Latin suppa, of Germanic origin