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SOP
abbr.
standard operating procedure
sop
(sŏp)tr.v. sopped, sop·ping, sops
1. To dip, soak, or drench in a liquid; saturate.
2. To take up by absorption: sop up water with a paper towel.
n.
1. A piece of food soaked or dipped in a liquid.
2.
a. Something yielded to placate or soothe: remarks that were a sop to conservative voters.
b. A bribe.
[From Middle English soppe, bread dipped in liquid, from Old English sopp- (in soppcuppe, cup for dipping bread in); see seuə- in Indo-European roots.]
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sop
(sɒp)n
1. (Cookery) (often plural) food soaked in a liquid before being eaten
2. a concession, bribe, etc, given to placate or mollify: a sop to one's feelings.
3. informal a stupid or weak person
vb, sops, sopping or sopped
4. (Cookery) (tr) to dip or soak (food) in liquid
5. (when: intr, often foll by in) to soak or be soaked
[Old English sopp; related to Old Norse soppa soup, Old High German sopfa milk with bread; see sup2]
SOP
abbreviation for
standard operating procedure
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sop
(sɒp)n., v. sopped, sop•ping. n.
1. a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
2. something offered to conciliate, pacify, or bribe.
v.t. 3. to dip or soak in liquid food: to sop bread in gravy.
4. to drench.
5. to take up (liquid) by absorption.
[before 1000; Middle English (n.); Old English sopp; akin to sup2]
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sop
Past participle: sopped
Gerund: sopping
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| Noun | 1. | sop - piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid |
| 2. | sop - a concession given to mollify or placate; "the offer was a sop to my feelings" concession - a point conceded or yielded; "they won all the concessions they asked for" | |
| 3. | SOP - a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely; "rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries" operating procedure - a procedure for operating something or for dealing with a given situation lockstep - a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly; "the union's support had been in lockstep for years" | |
| Verb | 1. | sop - give a conciliatory gift or bribe to bribe, grease one's palms, buy, corrupt - make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought" |
| 2. | sop - be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid ooze through - run slowly and gradually; "Blood oozed through the bandage" | |
| 3. | sop - dip into liquid; "sop bread into the sauce" | |
| 4. | sop - cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face" wet - cause to become wet; "Wet your face" brine - soak in brine bate - soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments; "bate hides and skins" ret - place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue |
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sop
verbphrasal verbsop up
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Translations
sop
[sɒp] N1. (fig) (= pacifier) → compensación f
as a sop to his pride → para que su orgullo no quedara/quede herido
as a sop to his pride → para que su orgullo no quedara/quede herido
2. sops (= food) → sopa fsing
3. (= person) → bobo/a m/f
sop up VT + ADV → absorber
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
sop
[ˈsɒp] n → os m à rongerthat's only a sop → ce n'est qu'un os à ronger
a sop to sb → un os à ronger offert à qn
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
sop
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
sop
[sɒp] na. (concession) that's only a sop → è soltanto un contentino
to give sb a sop → dare il contentino a qn
as a sop to his pride → per lusingare il suo amor proprio
to give sb a sop → dare il contentino a qn
as a sop to his pride → per lusingare il suo amor proprio
b. sops npl (food) → pappette fpl
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995