soul

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Noun

1. 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. The spirit or essence of anything.
3. Life, energy, vigor.
4. Cultural consciousness and pride among people of African American heritage.
5. A strong positive feeling of intense sensitivity and emotional fervor conveyed especially by African American performers.
6. Soul music.
7. A person, especially as one among many.
8. An individual life.
   • Fifty souls were lost when the ship sank.
9. A kind of submanifold involved in the soul theorem of Riemannian geometry.

Adjective

1. Characteristic of or pertaining to African American culture.
   • soul music
   • soul food

Verb

1. To endow with a soul or mind.
2. To beg on All Soul's Day.

Verb

1. To feed or nourish.

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