Thesaurus: sop

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1. v. t. Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid; especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to be eaten.
2. v. t. Anything given to pacify; -- so called from the sop given to Cerberus, as related in mythology.
3. v. t. A thing of little or no value.
4. v. t. To steep or dip in any liquid.
5. n. a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely
6. n. piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
7. n. a concession given to mollify or placate
8. v. give a conciliatory gift or bribe to
9. v. be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid
10. v. dip into liquid
11. v. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
12. 1. Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid; especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to be eaten. He it is to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. John xiii. 26. Sops in wine, quantity, inebriate more than wine itself. Bacon. The bounded waters Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores, And make a sop of all this solid globe. Shak. 2. Anything given to pacify; -- so called from the sop given to Cerberus, as related in mythology. All nature is cured with a sop. L'Estrange. 3. A thing of little or no value. [Obs.] P. Plowman. Sops in wine (Bot.), an old name of the clove pink, alluding to its having been used to flavor wine. Garlands of roses and sops in wine. Spenser. -- Sops of wine (Bot.), an old European variety of apple, of a yellow and red color, shading to deep red; -- called also sopsavine, and red shropsavine. To steep or dip in any liquid.