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Sop

Sop Meaning & Definition
Sop Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sop?

[n] a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely
[n] the procedure that would normally be followed
[n] a concession given to mollify or placate; "the offer was a sop to my feelings"
[n] piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
[v] cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"
[v] become thoroughly soaked or saturated with liquid
[v] mop so as to leave a semi-dry surface, of floors
[v] dip into liquid; "sop bread into the sauce"
[v] be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid
[v] give a conciliatory gift or bribe to

Synonyms | Synonyms for Sop: douse | dowse | drench | S.O.P. | soak | soak through | sops | souse | standard operating procedure | standard operating procedure | standing operating procedure

Related Terms | Find terms related to Sop:

See Also | bate | bedraggle | bit | bite | bribe | brine | buy | change | concession | corrupt | dip | douse | dunk | flush | mop | mop up | morsel | ooze through | operating procedure | plunge | practice | ret | sluice | souse | wet | wipe up

Sop In Webster's Dictionary

\Sop\, n. [OE. sop, soppe; akin to AS. s?pan to sup, to sip, to drink, D. sop sop, G. suppe soup, Icel. soppa sop. See {Sup}, v. t., and cf. {Soup}.] 1. Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid; especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to be eaten. He it is to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. --John xiii. 26. Sops in wine, quantity, inebriate more than wine itself. --Bacon. The bounded waters Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores, And make a sop of all this solid globe. --Shak. 2. Anything given to pacify; -- so called from the sop given to Cerberus, as related in mythology. All nature is cured with a sop. --L'Estrange. 3. A thing of little or no value. [Obs.] --P. Plowman. {Sops in wine} (Bot.), an old name of the clove pink, alluding to its having been used to flavor wine. Garlands of roses and sops in wine. --Spenser. {Sops of wine} (Bot.), an old European variety of apple, of a yellow and red color, shading to deep red; -- called also {sopsavine}, and {red shropsavine}.
\Sop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sopped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sopping}.] To steep or dip in any liquid.

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