soul | |
1. n. (religion, folklore) The spirit or essence of a person usually thought to consist of one's thoughts and personality. Often believed to live on after the person's death. | |
2. n. The spirit or essence of anything. | |
3. n. Life, energy, vigor. | |
4. n. (music) Soul music. | |
5. n. A person, especially as one among many. | |
6. n. An individual life. | |
Fifty souls were lost when the ship sank. | |
7. n. (math) A kind of submanifold involved in the soul theorem of Riemannian geometry. | |
8. v. (obsolete, transitive) To endow with a soul; to furnish with a soul or mind. | |
9. v. To beg on All Soul's Day. | |
10. v. (obsolete) To afford suitable sustenance. | |