1. (n.)soul the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical.
2. soul the spiritual part of humans regarded in its moral aspect, or as believed to survive death and be subject to happiness or misery in a life to come.
3. soul the disembodied spirit of a deceased person.
7. soul the essential element or part of something.
8. soul the embodiment of some quality: He was the very soul of tact.
9. soul (cap.) (in Christian Science) God.
10. soul (among black Americans) shared ethnic awareness and pride.
11. soul deeply felt emotion, as conveyed by a performer or artist.
12. (adj.)soul of or pertaining to black Americans or their culture.
Etymology: (bef. 900; OE sāwl, sāwol, c. OHG sē(u)la)
Definition of 'Soul'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)soul, psyche the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
2. (noun)person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul a humanbeing "there was too much for one person to do"
3. (noun)soul, soulfulness deep feeling or emotion
4. (noun)soul the human embodiment of something "the soul of honor"
5. (noun)soul a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s "soul was politically significant during the Civil Rights movement"
1. (noun)soul sb's consciousness or ability to feel emotions a cold-blooded murderer with no soul; a story that touched her soul
2. soul sb's spirit as opposed to their body Do people have souls that live on after they die?
3. soul a person She's a gentle soul.; There was not a soul out that night.
4. soul ***strongly emotional popular song style ***She sings jazz and soul.
Definition of 'Soul'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)Soul sole
2. (adj)Soul sole
3. (noun)Soul the spiritual, rational, and immortal part in man; that part of man which enables him to think, and which renders him a subject of moral government; -- sometimes, in distinction from the higher nature, or spirit, of man, the so-called animal soul, that is, the seat of life, the sensitive affections and phantasy, exclusive of the voluntary and rational powers; -- sometimes, in distinction from the mind, the moral and emotional part of man's nature, the seat of feeling, in distinction from intellect; -- sometimes, the intellect only; the understanding; the seat of knowledge, as distinguished from feeling. In a moregeneral sense, "an animating, separable, surviving entity, the vehicle of individual personal existence."
4. (noun)Soul the seat of real life or vitality; the source of action; the animating or essential part
5. (noun)Soul the leader; the inspirer; the moving spirit; the heart; as, the soul of an enterprise; an able general is the soul of his army
6. (noun)Soul energy; courage; spirit; fervor; affection, or any other noble manifestation of the heart or moral nature; inherent power or goodness
7. (noun)Soul a human being; a person; -- a familiar appellation, usually with a qualifying epithet; as, poor soul
8. (noun)Soul a pure or disembodied spirit
9. (verb)Soul to afford suitable sustenance
10. (verb)Soul to indue with a soul; to furnish with a soul or mind
Sense: the spirit; the non-physical part of a person, which is often thought to continue in existence after he or she dies People often discuss whether animals and plants have souls.
Definitions of Soul 
Afrikaans: siel
Arabic: روح
Bulgarian: дух
Brazilian: alma
Czech: duše
German: die Seele
Danish: sjæl
Greek: ψυχή
Spanish: alma, espíritu
Estonian: hing
Farsi: روح
Finnish: sielu
French: âme
Hebrew: נְשָׁמָה
Hindi: आत्मा, जीवात्मा
Croatian: duh, duša
Hungarian: lélek
Indonesian: jiwa
Icelandic: sál
Italian: anima, spirito
Japanese: 魂
Korean: 영혼
Lithuanian: siela
Latvian: dvēsele; gars
Malay: roh
Dutch: ziel
Norwegian: sjel,ånd
Polish: dusza
Persian: روح
Pashto: روح
Portuguese: alma
Romanian: suflet
Russian: душа
Slovak: duša
Slovenian: duša
Serbian: duša
Swedish: själ
Thai: วิญญาณ
Turkish: ruh
Taiwanese: 靈魂
Ukrainian: душа, дух
Urdu: روح
Vietnamese: linh hồn
Chinese: 灵魂
