Past tense of sup

Forms of sup

Supped in a sentence

• And as she supped her tea she smiled discreetly at him over the brim.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 80
• On market days the farmers would come in before going home - Tysons and Lindsays and Birketts and Longmires and Boows and Dawsons - and their dogs would lie in heaps on the flags while they themselves supped Gerald's ale.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 60
• 'Faith, friend,' he says, 'that was a nasty fall for a fellow that has supped weel.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide. From the entry faith
• Having supped the season's fill of absinthean and dopish horror, the playgoer may now, if he likes, take the milk-and-watery way to bed.1946, James Agate, The Contemporary Theatre, 1923-1944-45, volume 3, page 220. From the entry absinthean
• We supped and camped at the very edge of the cliff, quenching our thirst with two bottles of Apollinaris which were in one of the cases.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC. From the entry apollinaris

Meaning of sup

1. verb To sip; to take a small amount of food or drink into the mouth, especially with a spoon.
2. noun A sip; a small amount, of food or drink, water or rain.
3. verb To eat supper.

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Questions about the past tense of sup

What is the past tense of sup?

The past tense of sup is supped.

What is the past participle of sup?

The past participle of sup is supped.

Is sup a regular or irregular verb?

Sup is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.