sop

/sɑp/

/sɒp/

Other forms: sopping; sops; sopped

Definitions of sop

1. verb

   dip into liquid
   “sop bread into the sauce”

   type of:

   dip, douse, dunk, plunge, souse

   immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
2. verb

   cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
   synonyms: douse, dowse, drench, soak, souse

   types:

   brine

   soak in brine

   bedraggle, draggle

   make wet and dirty, as from rain

   bate

   soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments

   ret

   place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue

   flush, sluice

   irrigate with water from a sluice

   type of:

   wet

   cause to become wet
3. verb

   be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid
   synonyms: soak through

   type of:

   ooze through

   run slowly and gradually
4. noun

   piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
   synonyms: sops

   type of:

   bit, bite, morsel

   a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
5. verb

   give a conciliatory gift or bribe to
   type of:

   bribe, buy, corrupt, grease one's palms

   make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
6. noun

   a concession given to mollify or placate
   “the offer was a sop to my feelings”

   type of:

   concession

   a point conceded or yielded