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sop
A	noun
	1	standing operating procedure, standard operating procedure, SOP, standard procedure
			a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely; "rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚procedure; process ╚operating procedure ╚standing operating procedure, standard operating procedure, SOP, standard procedure ╚lockstep
	2	sop
			a concession given to mollify or placate; "the offer was a sop to my feelings"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚speech act ╚agreement ╚concession ╚sop
	3	sop, sops
			piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚indefinite quantity ╚small indefinite quantity; small indefinite amount ╚taste; mouthful ╚morsel; bit; bite ╚sop, sops
B	verb
	1	drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse
			cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚wet ╚drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse ╚sluice; flush ╚ret ╚bate ╚bedraggle ╚brine
	2	sop
			become thoroughly soaked or saturated with liquid
		Category Tree: change ╚sop
	3	sop
			mop so as to leave a semi-dry surface; "swab the floors"
		Category Tree: absorb; suck; imbibe; soak up; sop up; suck up; draw; take in; take up ╚wipe up; mop up; mop ╚sop
	4	sop
			dip into liquid; "sop bread into the sauce"
		Category Tree: enter; come in; get into; get in; go into; go in; move into ╚penetrate; perforate ╚immerse; plunge ╚dunk; dip; souse; plunge; douse ╚sop
	5	sop, soak through
			be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid
		Category Tree: enter; come in; get into; get in; go into; go in; move into ╚penetrate; perforate ╚ooze through ╚sop, soak through
	6	sop
			give a conciliatory gift or bribe to
		Category Tree: transfer ╚give ╚pay ╚bribe; corrupt; buy; grease one's palms ╚sop

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