sop
1. piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid • Syn: sops • Hypernyms: morsel, bit, bite 2. a concession given to mollify or placate - the offer was a sop to my feelings • Hypernyms: concession
1. give a conciliatory gift or bribe to • Hypernyms: bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palms • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody 2. be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid • Syn: soak through • Hypernyms: ooze through • Verb Frames: - Something ----s - Something is ----ing PP 3. dip into liquid - sop bread into the sauce • Hypernyms: dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something 4. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto - souse water on his hot face • Syn: drench, douse, dowse, soak, souse • Derivationally related forms: souse (for: souse), sousing (for: souse), soaker (for: soak), soaking (for: soak) • Hypernyms: wet • Hyponyms: brine, bedraggle, draggle, bate, ret, sluice, flush • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s somebody - Something ----s something
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