Sop
[sɒp] or [sɑp]
Definition
(noun.) a concession given to mollify or placate; 'the offer was a sop to my feelings'.
(noun.) piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid.
(verb.) dip into liquid; 'sop bread into the sauce'.
(verb.) be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid.
(verb.) give a conciliatory gift or bribe to.
Checked by Bryant--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid; especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to be eaten.
(v. t.) Anything given to pacify; -- so called from the sop given to Cerberus, as related in mythology.
(v. t.) A thing of little or no value.
(v. t.) To steep or dip in any liquid.
Checked by Claudia
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Something to pacify, tub to the whale.
Typist: Remington
Definition
n. anything dipped or soaked esp. in soup to be eaten: anything given to satisfy or quieten.—v.t. to steep in liquor: to take up by absorption (with up).—v.i. to soak in percolate: to be soaked:—pr.p. sop′ping; pa.t. and pa.p. sopped.—n. Sop- Sops- in-wine (Spens.) a flower resembling a carnation.
Typed by Lesley
Examples
- It was the sum she had set aside to pacify her dress-maker--unless she should decide to use it as a sop to the jeweller. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- For the present, it still poured heavily, and the ground was in a perfect sop. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- As wet as a sop. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Her uncle resumed his breakfast, and was munching toast sopped in coffee, oblivious of his guest, when the third bell rang. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- An arch of the bridge in the park has been sapped and sopped away. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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