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To soak or wet thoroughly in liquid
“Instead, he watched the barely dressed warlock sop his clothes in the bucket in an effort to clean them.”
To be, or cause to be, wet or waterlogged
“I hadn't worn a swimsuit, and I didn't want to sop my clothes like earlier that summer when Danny pushed me in.”
To submerge or plunge, typically into a liquid
“They take the bread and sop it in the wine and eat it.”
To soak up liquid using an absorbent substance
“We take bread and sop up the soup from the brown ceramic bowls.”
To make moist or moister
To consume a liquid
Plural for something of no great value given or done as a concession to appease someone
“Even so, the coroner had recorded his death as the result of a misadventure, a sop to the judge's widow.”
Plural for a sum of money or other inducement offered or given as a concession
“The Government has offered a sop and insulted the people of Stewart Island.”
Plural for a thing that is granted, especially in response to demands and by compromise
Plural for a quick snack or light meal
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