Sop

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To dip, soak, or drench in a liquid; saturate.
  • v. To take up by absorption: sop up water with a paper towel.
  • n. A piece of food soaked or dipped in a liquid.
  • n. Something yielded to placate or soothe.
  • n. A bribe.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Something entirely soaked.
  • n. A piece of solid food to be soaked in liquid food.
  • n. Something given or done to pacify or bribe.
  • n. A weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person; a milksop
  • n. Gravy. (Appalachian)
  • v. To steep or dip in any liquid.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid; especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to be eaten.
  • n. Anything given to pacify; -- so called from the sop given to Cerberus, as related in mythology.
  • n. A thing of little or no value.
  • v. To steep or dip in any liquid.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Something soaked; a morsel, as of bread, dipped in a liquid before being eaten; a piece of bread softened, as in broth or milk, or intended to be so softened.
  • n. Hence A morsel of food; a small portion of food or drink; a mouthful; a bite.
  • n. Something given to pacify or quiet; a bribe: so used in allusion to the sop given to Cerberus in order to secure a quiet entrance to the lower world.
  • n. A small piece; a fragment: a particle; hence, a trifle; a thing of little or no value.
  • To dip or soak in a liquid.
  • To take up by absorption: followed by up: as, to sop up water with a sponge.
  • To soak in; penetrate, as a liquid; percolate.
  • To be drenched; be soaked with wet: as, his clothes were sopping with rain.
  • n. An abbreviation of soprano.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a concession given to mollify or placate
  • v. dip into liquid
  • v. be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid
  • v. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
  • n. piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
  • n. a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely
  • v. give a conciliatory gift or bribe to
  • Verb Form
    sopped    sopping    sops   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    concession    dunk    dip    douse    souse    plunge    ooze through    bit    morsel    bite   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    sopped    sopping   
    Form
    sopped    sopping    sippet    sop up   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    morsel    sippet    soak    drench    absorb   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bopp    Pop    atop    bop    chop    cop    crop    drop    flop    glop   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    blood-soaked    bloodstained    lace-edged    soggy    brewis    spasming    Paisley    rumple    rolled-up    alkie