Meaning

3 senses

  1. To beg on All Soul's Day.

  2. (obsolete, transitive)To endow with a soul or mind.

  3. (obsolete)To feed or nourish.

Examples

721 sentences

  1. The man sold his soul to the devil.

    Ця людина продала душу дияволу. — Internecivus

    ruЭтот человек продал душу дьяволу. — ae5s

    deDer Mann verkaufte dem Teufel seine Seele. — xtofu80

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  2. Do you think animals have souls?

    Гадаєш, тварини мають душу? — deniko

    ruКак ты думаешь, у животных есть душа? — marafon

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  3. He got down on his knees and prayed for the souls of the deceased.

    Він став на коліна та молився за душі померлих. — marko

    ruОн встал на колени и помолился за души усопших. — Wezel

    deEr ging auf die Knie und betete für die Seelen der Verstorbenen. — Kerstin

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  4. I won't sell my soul.

    Я не продам свою душу. — stifler86

    ruЯ не буду продавать свою душу. — marafon

    deIch werde meine Seele nicht verkaufen. — nemoli

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  5. There wasn't a soul in sight.

    ruНе было видно ни души. — sharptoothed

    deEs war weit und breit keine Menschenseele zu sehen. — Sudajaengi

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Origin

From Middle English soule, sowle, saule, sawle, from Old English sāwol (“soul, life, spiri

From Middle English soule, sowle, saule, sawle, from Old English sāwol (“soul, life, spirit, being”), from Proto-West Germanic *saiwalu, from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō (“soul”), of an uncertain ultimate origin (see there for further information).

Borrowed from French souler (“to satiate”).

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Forms

souls, souling, souled, souled
Base formsoul · to soul
3rd person singularsouls
Present participlesouling
Past simplesouled
Past participlesouled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysoul
he, she, itsouls

Past simpleLesson

all personssouled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave souled
he, she, ithas souled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill soul

Synonyms

2 synonyms
besoulensoul

Word family

1 related words
Derivedbesoul

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sortedsossoteriologysousoulfulsoullesssoundB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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