sop
n 1: piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid [syn: sops]
2: a concession given to mollify or placate; "the offer was a
sop to my feelings"
3: a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely; "rote
memorization has been the educator's standard operating
procedure for centuries" [syn: standing operating
procedure, standard operating procedure, standard
procedure]
v 1: give a conciliatory gift or bribe to
2: be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid
[syn: soak through]
3: dip into liquid; "sop bread into the sauce"
4: mop so as to leave a semi-dry surface; "swab the floors"
5: become thoroughly soaked or saturated with liquid
6: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot
face" [syn: drench, douse, dowse, soak, souse]
[also: sopping, sopped]
Sop
a morsel of bread (John 13:26; comp. Ruth 2:14). Our Lord took a
piece of unleavened bread, and dipping it into the broth of
bitter herbs at the Paschal meal, gave it to Judas. (Comp. Ruth
2:14.)