sop
Noun
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Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid (synset 107877397)
synonym: sops
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A concession given to mollify or placate (synset 107231275)
"the offer was a sop to my feelings"hypernym: concession - a point conceded or yielded
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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 situationhyponym: lockstep - a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly
Verb
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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
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Be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid (synset 201608613)
hypernym: ooze through - run slowly and graduallysynonym: soak through
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Dip into liquid (synset 201580344)
"sop bread into the sauce"
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Cover with liquid;
Pour liquid onto (synset 200216642)"souse water on his hot face"hypernym: wet - cause to become wethyponym:- 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
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