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sop definition

sop (säp)

noun

  1. a piece of food, as bread, soaked in milk, gravy, etc.
    1. something given by way of concession or appeasement
    2. a bribe

Etymology: ME soppe < OE sopp < base of supan: see sup

transitive verb sopped, sopping sop′·ping

  1. to soak, steep, or saturate in or with liquid
  2. to take up (liquid) by absorption: usually with up

Etymology: OE soppian < the n.

intransitive verb

  1. to soak (in, into, or through something)
  2. to be or become thoroughly wet
SOP definition

SOP

standard operating procedure

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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