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sop
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As a noun, sop means something entirely soaked. As a verb, it means steep or dip in any liquid.
Meanings of sop
14 meaningsnoun
Something entirely soaked.
A piece of solid food to be soaked in liquid food.
Something given or done to pacify or bribe.
A weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person; a milksop
appalachianGravy.
A piece of turf placed in the road as a target for a throw in road bowling.
A prescribed procedure to be followed routinely
“rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries”
Similar: standing operating procedure, standard operating procedure, standard procedureA concession given to mollify or placate
“the offer was a sop to my feelings”
Older and rare meanings (1)
obsoleteA thing of little or no value.
Clipping of soprano.
verb
To steep or dip in any liquid.
To soak in, or be soaked; to percolate.
Give a conciliatory gift or bribe to
Be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid
Similar: soak through
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).