From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sop
n 1: piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid [syn: sop,
sops]
2: a concession given to mollify or placate; "the offer was a
sop to my feelings"
3: a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely; "rote
memorization has been the educator's standard operating
procedure for centuries" [syn: standing operating
procedure, standard operating procedure, SOP, standard
procedure]
v 1: give a conciliatory gift or bribe to
2: be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid
[syn: sop, soak through]
3: dip into liquid; "sop bread into the sauce"
4: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot
face" [syn: drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop,
souse]