supverb [ I usually + adv/prep, T ]
uk/sʌp/us/sʌp/-pp- mainly UKto drink or to eat:
old-fashioned They supped on/off cold meat.
Northern English He spends most of his evenings in the pub, supping beer.
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Drinking
- consume
- drank
- drink
- drink (sth) up
- drinker
- drinking
- drinking water
- drunk
- knock
- knock back (sth)
- overindulge
- partake
- partook
- slurp
- swig
- swill
- taste
- wash
- wash sth down
- water fountain
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Eating
supnoun [ C ]
uk/sʌp/us/sʌp/specialized medical abbreviation for supplement noun (= a drink or substance given to patients in addition to food, for example because they need to gain weight)
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Augmenting and supplementing
- a new lease of life idiom
- accrual
- accrue
- add
- add on sth
- addendum
- addition
- broaden/expand/widen sb's horizons idiom
- bulk
- bulk sth up
- extension
- gain
- horizon
- incremental
- interpolate
- tag sth on
- top sth up
- weight
- write
- write sth into sth
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Vitamins & minerals
supadjective
specialized medical written abbreviation for supine (= lying face up)
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Reclining
- fallen
- full-length
- lain
- lay
- lean
- lean (sth) against/on sth
- lie around
- lounge
- lounge around (sth)
- recline
- recumbent
- repose
- sink
- sit
- spreadeagled
- stretch
- stretch (yourself) out
- supinate
- supination
- supine
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