sop
sop /sɒp $ sɑːp/ noun [countable usually singular]
sop verb (past tense and past participle sopped, present participle sopping)
Standard Operating Procedure، غذای مایع، ابگوشت، ترید، شیر، خیس، خیساندن، جذب کردن، کامپیوتر: رویه عملیاتی استاندارد وضعیت موجود
الکترونیک: Standard Operating Procedure، رویه عملیاتی استاندارد وضعیت موجود،
کامپیوتر: غذای مایع، ابگوشت، ترید، شیر، خیس، خیساندن، جذب کردن
[TahlilGaran] Persian Dictionary ▲
sop[noun]Synonyms: weakling, doormat, invertebrate, jellyfish, milksop, Milquetoast, mollycoddle, namby-pamby, pantywaist, sissy, sugarplum
[verb]Synonyms: wet, deluge, douse, drench, drown, soak, souse, impregnate, saturate, seethe, sodden, sog, steep, waterlog, bribe, buy, buy off, fix, have, lubricate, square, tamper (with)
Related Idioms: sop in the pan, sop to Cerberus
Related Words: douceur,
gratuity,
baksheesh,
boodle,
bribe,
palm oil [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
I. sop1 /sɒp $ sɑːp/
noun [countable usually singular][
Date: 1600-1700;
Origin: sop 'bread dipped into liquid' (11-21 centuries), from Old English sopp]
something not very important or valuable that a government or someone in authority offers to people to stop them from complaining or protesting – used to show disapproval
sop to
The company agreed to inspect the river regularly, as a sop to the environmental lobby. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
II. sop2 verb (
past tense and past participle sopped,
present participle sopping)
[
Date: 1800-1900;
Origin: sop 'to dip into liquid' (11-20 centuries), from Old English soppian, from sopp; ⇒ sop1]
sop something ↔ up phrasal verb to remove liquid from a surface by using a piece of cloth that takes the liquid into itself
[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲