a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.

anything thoroughly soaked.

something given to pacify or quiet, or as a bribe

The political boss gave him some cash as a sop.

a weak-willed or spineless person; milksop.

to dip or soak in liquid food

to sop bread in gravy.

to drench.

to take up (liquid) by absorption (usually fol. by up )

He used bread to sop up the gravy.

to be or become soaking wet.

(of a liquid) to soak (usually fol. by in ).

verb

douse , drench , saturate , soak , sodden , souse , absorb , bribe , dip , dunk , milksop , steep , weakling , wet

phrasal verb

absorb , imbibe , soak , take up