sop

Noun
  1. Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid (synset 107877397)
    hypernym: bit, bite, morsel - a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
    synonym: sops
  2. A concession given to mollify or placate (synset 107231275)
    "the offer was a sop to my feelings"
    hypernym: concession - a point conceded or yielded
  3. A prescribed procedure to be followed routinely (synset 101026910)
    "rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries"
    hypernym: operating procedure - a procedure for operating something or for dealing with a given situation
    hyponym: lockstep - a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly
    synonym: standard operating procedure, standard procedure, standing operating procedure
Verb
  1. Give a conciliatory gift or bribe to (synset 202289274)
    hypernym: bribe, buy, corrupt, grease one's palms - make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
  2. Be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid (synset 201608613)
    hypernym: ooze through - run slowly and gradually
    synonym: soak through
  3. Dip into liquid (synset 201580344)
    "sop bread into the sauce"
    hypernym: dip, douse, dunk, plunge, souse - immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
  4. Cover with liquid;
    Pour liquid onto (synset 200216642)
    "souse water on his hot face"
    hypernym: wet - cause to become wet
    hyponym:
    • 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
    synonym: douse, dowse, drench, soak, souse

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