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SOP

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Irregular inflected forms: sopped    , sopping   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A prescribed procedure to be followed routinely

Example:

rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries

Synonyms:

SOP; standard operating procedure; standard procedure; standing operating procedure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("SOP" is a kind of...):

operating procedure (a procedure for operating something or for dealing with a given situation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "SOP"):

lockstep (a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A concession given to mollify or placate

Example:

the offer was a sop to my feelings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("sop" is a kind of...):

concession (a point conceded or yielded)

Derivation:

sop (give a conciliatory gift or bribe to)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid

Synonyms:

sop; sops

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("sop" is a kind of...):

bit; bite; morsel (a small amount of solid food; a mouthful)

Derivation:

sop (dip into liquid)

sop (be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto

Example:

souse water on his hot face

Synonyms:

douse; dowse; drench; soak; sop; souse

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "sop" is one way to...):

wet (cause to become wet)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sop"):

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)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Dip into liquid

Example:

sop bread into the sauce

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "sop" is one way to...):

dip; douse; dunk; plunge; souse (immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

sop (piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid

Synonyms:

soak through; sop

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "sop" is one way to...):

ooze through (run slowly and gradually)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

sop (piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Give a conciliatory gift or bribe to

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "sop" is one way to...):

bribe; buy; corrupt; grease one's palms (make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

sop (a concession given to mollify or placate)

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