Main entry: SOP, standard operating procedure, standard procedure, standing operating procedure
Definition: a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely
Usage: rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries
Main entry: sop
Definition: a concession given to mollify or placate
Usage: the offer was a sop to my feelings
Definition: piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
Main entry: douse, dowse, drench, soak, sop, souse
Definition: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
Usage: souse water on his hot face
Main entry: sop
Definition: dip into liquid
Usage: sop bread into the sauce
Main entry: soak through, sop
Definition: be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid
Main entry: sop
Definition: give a conciliatory gift or bribe to