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sup

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1. sup - Noun

2. sup - Adjective

3. sup - Verb

4. sup - Interjection

5. Sup - Proper noun

Meaning

To take into the mouth with the lips, as a liquid; to take or drink by a little at a time; to sip.

A small mouthful, as of liquor or broth; a little taken with the lips; a sip.

To eat the evening meal; to take supper.

To treat with supper.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine or sup to break up more than one intimacy. William Hazlitt

Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home. Samuel Johnson

To rise at six, to sleep at ten, To sup at ten, to dine at six, Make a man live for ten times ten. Victor Hugo

One needs a long spoon to sup with the devil. Welsh Proverb

That's a spoon ye'll sup sorrow with yet. Irish Proverb

You cannot sup soup with a fork. Irish Proverb

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