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Sop (Verb)

Dip into liquid; "sop bread into the sauce".

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

She loved to sop her French toast into the syrup and eat it slowly.
The Italians use a crusty bread to sop up their pasta sauce at the end of the meal.
Sop the fries gently into the cheese sauce to avoid making a mess.
To remove the stain, we had to sop the spill up with a cloth as quickly as possible.
Make sure to sop your roll into the soup without dropping it into the bowl.

Give a conciliatory gift or bribe to.

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

The corrupt politician tried to sop the protesters by distributing food and clothing among them.
Her boss attempted to sop her after she discovered his plan by offering her a promotion.
He sopped the irate customer by providing a full refund and an additional discount for the inconvenience.
To avoid controversy, the company officials tried to sop the landowner by offering him a substantial compensation.
The rival company tried to sop the suppliers by offering them a lucrative deal in exchange for abandoning their contract.

Be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid.

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

The bread will sop up the juices from the roast if you let it sit for a few minutes.
She tried to clean the spill, but the carpet would sop up the liquid and stain after a few hours.
After a few hours in the downpour, her clothes began to sop with the cold rainwater.
The paper towels will sop the oil spill, but you should dispose of them carefully after.
If you leave the paper in the water too long, it will start to sop and become weak.

Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face".

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

She quickly grabbed a towel to sop up the spill before it spread across the floor.
The medical team used a cold compress to sop the sweat from the athlete's brow.
In an attempt to revive the parched plant, she continued to sop water over its wilting leaves.
Her fingers moved deftly as she began to sop the breading mixture onto the cutlets.
Desperate to cool down, he decided to sop water on his hot face.