1. [n]  a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely
2. [n]  the procedure that would normally be followed
3. [n]  a concession given to mollify or placate; "the offer was a sop to my feelings"
4. [n]  piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
5. [v]  cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"
6. [v]  become thoroughly soaked or saturated with liquid
7. [v]  mop so as to leave a semi-dry surface, of floors
8. [v]  dip into liquid; "sop bread into the sauce"
9. [v]  be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid
10. [v]  give a conciliatory gift or bribe to

1. \Sop\, n. [OE. sop, soppe; akin to AS. s?pan to sup, to sip,
   to drink, D. sop sop, G. suppe soup, Icel. soppa sop. See
   {Sup}, v. t., and cf. {Soup}.]
   1. Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid;
      especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and
      intended to be eaten.
            He it is to whom I shall give a sop, when I have
            dipped it.                            --John xiii.
                                                  26.
            Sops in wine, quantity, inebriate more than wine
            itself.                               --Bacon.
            The bounded waters Should lift their bosoms higher
            than the shores, And make a sop of all this solid
            globe.                                --Shak.
   2. Anything given to pacify; -- so called from the sop given
      to Cerberus, as related in mythology.
            All nature is cured with a sop.       --L'Estrange.
   3. A thing of little or no value. [Obs.] --P. Plowman.
   {Sops in wine} (Bot.), an old name of the clove pink,
      alluding to its having been used to flavor wine.
            Garlands of roses and sops in wine.   --Spenser.
   {Sops of wine} (Bot.), an old European variety of apple, of a
      yellow and red color, shading to deep red; -- called also
      {sopsavine}, and {red shropsavine}.
   

2. \Sop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sopped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Sopping}.]
   To steep or dip in any liquid.
   

a morsel of bread (John 13:26; comp. Ruth 2:14). Our Lord took a piece of unleavened bread, and dipping it into the broth of bitter herbs at the Paschal meal, gave it to Judas. (Comp. Ruth 2:14.)