About The Word Sop
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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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