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soul

/səʊl/

noun

Meaning

  • 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.

  • The spirit or essence of anything.

  • Life, energy, vigor.

  • Soul music.

  • A person, especially as one among many.

  • An individual life.

    "Fifty souls were lost when the ship sank."

  • A kind of submanifold involved in the soul theorem of Riemannian geometry.

verb

Meaning

  • To endow with a soul; to furnish with a soul or mind.

  • To beg on All Soul's Day.

Synonyms

crux,
gist