Supper
['sʌpə] or ['sʌpɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime.
(noun.) a social gathering where a light evening meal is served; 'her suppers often included celebrities'.
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Definition
(n.) A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal.
(v. i.) To take supper; to sup.
(v. t.) To supply with supper.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Tea, evening meal.
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Definition
n. a meal taken at the close of the day.—adj. Supp′erless without supper.—ns. Supp′ing the act of one who sups: that which is supped; Lord's′-supp′er (see Lord).
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Examples
- For instance, if he took his supper after a hard day, to the Dead March in Saul, his food might be likely to sit heavy on him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Truth to tell, the supper had been waiting a most unreasonable time. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Therefore, betwixt your breakfast and your supper,--on the premises I expect to find you. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Was it mad with mommer for getting its supper so late? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- At supper, we were hardly so gay. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- This being evidently the central point of the entertainment, Aunt Chloe began now to bustle about earnestly in the supper department. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- A council was held; lots were cast who should walk up to the master after supper that evening, and ask for more; and it fell to Oliver Twist. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- John dear, we must give this little fellow his supper, you know. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Will you come to supper, please, sir? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He was to be told (said Monseigneur) that supper awaited him then and there, and that he was prayed to come to it. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I suppose it would be a real treat to a camel to have a keg of nails for supper. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I see myself, as evening closes in, coming over the bridge at Rochester, footsore and tired, and eating bread that I had bought for supper. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It regarded a supper-room. Jane Austen. Emma.
- George Lamb begged leave to differ in opinion; because he wanted his supper. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- In the midst of which they went to supper. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Rawdon acquiesced in the justice of her opinion; and in truth he had remarked that after a few nights of his little suppers, &c. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- When we used to have the suppers? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Suppers are not bad if we have not dined; but restless nights naturally follow hearty suppers after full dinners. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- But it does seem so nice to have little suppers and bouquets, and go to parties, and drive home, and read and rest, and not work. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Scanty and insufficient suppers those, and innocent of meat, as of most other sauce to wretched bread. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- At the time of the ballroom's being built, suppers had not been in question; and a small card-room adjoining, was the only addition. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Sartin, sartin, Mas'r George; you go 'long, and I'll get ye up a bit o' chicken, or some sich; ye won't have many more suppers wid yer poor old aunty. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Her suppers on Saturday nights were very gay. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The beasts--however, it is simply absurd to suppose he did not know any more than to feed the beasts on oyster suppers. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Try it, and see if he doesn't find your society far more agreeable than Mrs. Scott's suppers. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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