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sop

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sop  (sp)
tr.v. sopped, sop·ping, sops
1. To dip, soak, or drench in a liquid; saturate.
2. To take up by absorption: sop up water with a paper towel.
n.
1. A piece of food soaked or dipped in a liquid.
2.
a. Something yielded to placate or soothe.
b. A bribe.

[From Middle English soppe, bread dipped in liquid, from Old English sopp-, in soppcuppe, cup for dipping bread in; see seu-2 in Indo-European roots.]

sop
Noun
1. a small bribe or concession given or made to someone to keep them from causing trouble: a sop to her conscience
2. Informal a stupid or weak person
3. sops food soaked in a liquid before being eaten
Verb
[sopping, sopped]
sop up to soak up or absorb (liquid) [Old English sopp]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sop - piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
bite, morsel, bit - a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left was a bit of bread"
2.sop - a concession given to mollify or placate; "the offer was a sop to my feelings"
concession - a point conceded or yielded; "they won all the concessions they asked for"
3.SOP - a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely; "rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries"
operating procedure - a procedure for operating something or for dealing with a given situation
lockstep - a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly; "the union's support had been in lockstep for years"
Verb1.sop - give a conciliatory gift or bribe to
bribe, grease one's palms, buy, corrupt - make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought"
2.sop - be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid
ooze through - run slowly and gradually; "Blood oozed through the bandage"
3.sop - dip into liquid; "sop bread into the sauce"
dip, dunk, souse, douse, plunge - immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint"
4.sop - cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"
wet - cause to become wet; "Wet your face"
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; "bate hides and skins"
ret - place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue
sluice, flush - irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth"
Translations
French sop [sɔp] n that's only a sop → c'est pour nous (or les etc) amadouer
German SOP n abbr (= standard operating procedure) → normale Vorgehensweise f
sop [sɔp] n that's only a sop → das soll nur zur Beschwichtigung dienen
Italian sop [sɔp] n that's only a sop → è soltanto un contentino

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The porter in his lodge answers exactly to Cerberus in his den, and, like him, must be appeased by a sop before access can be gained to his master.
The sop was so good that Levin gave up the idea of going home.
Why, in a final access of pity, had she insisted on flinging, as a last sop to that dcmon's soul, her divine song:
 
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