Sekirov Dictionary

supper

UK /ˈsʌpə/US /ˈsʌpɚ/

noun 4
verb 3
forms 3
phrases 1

noun4

•
a meal that people have in the evening
- We normally have supper at 7.
•
An optional light meal consumed shortly before going to bed.
- There he stood, with admirable patience, […] longing to go to rest for hours past; aware that suppers disagreed with him […] so tired and longing for bed! — 1848
•
(Scotland, Northern-England) A meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips.
- Roisin the savior paraded into the front room with three fish suppers, one sausage supper, one single fish, one single chips, a single sausage, a chicken and chips, and three curry and chips. — 2014
A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups).

verb3

To consume a snack before going to bed.
To eat dinner.
•
To provide (a person or animal) with supper.
- Horns in the night-season are heard a great way off, and in the winter-season were blown at every farmer’s house about eight at night when they suppered the horses and cows; […] — 1815

forms

suppered · suppering · suppers

Phrases with supper

sing for one's supper
To work in exchange for some reward or recompense.

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