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1. (n.) sop
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
2. sop
something offered to conciliate, pacify, or bribe.
3. (v.t.) sop
to dip or soak in liquid food:
to sop bread in gravy.
4. sop
to drench.
5. sop
to take up (liquid) by absorption.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME (n.); OE sopp; akin to sup2)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) sop, sops
piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
2. (noun) sop
a concession given to mollify or placate
"the offer was a sop to my feelings"
3. (verb) standing operating procedure, standard operating procedure, SOP, standard procedure
a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely
"rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries"
4. (verb) sop
give a conciliatory gift or bribe to
5. (verb) sop, soak through
be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid
6. (verb) sop
dip into liquid
"sop bread into the sauce"
7. (verb) drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
"souse water on his hot face"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) sop
anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid; especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to be eaten
2. (verb) sop
anything given to pacify; -- so called from the sop given to Cerberus, as related in mythology
3. (verb) sop
a thing of little or no value
4. (verb) sop
to steep or dip in any liquid
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