A sop is a small piece of bread or pastry that is put into a liquid, like soup or gravy, before eating it.
Sops can make people think of comfort, warmth, and home-cooked meals.
Examples:
She dipped the sop into the soup.
He likes to eat sops with his stew.
The sop soaked up the gravy.
The sop was so big, it made the soup taste funny.
He put a whole loaf of bread in his soup as a sop!
The sop was so good, it made the whole meal better.
To sop something means to soak up a liquid with something else, like bread in soup or a sponge in water.
Sopping can make people think of wetness, messiness, or cleaning up spills.
Examples:
She used the bread to sop up the soup.
He sopped the spilled milk with a towel.
The sponge sopped up all the water.
He sopped up the whole puddle with his shirt!
She sopped so much, the floor was dry in no time.
He sopped up the mess and made everything clean.