SOP (sopped, sopping)

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Irregular inflected forms: sopped    , sopping   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does SOP mean? 

• SOP (noun)
  The noun SOP has 3 senses:

1. piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid

2. a concession given to mollify or placate

3. a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely

  Familiarity information: SOP used as a noun is uncommon.

• SOP (verb)
  The verb SOP has 4 senses:

1. give a conciliatory gift or bribe to

2. be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid

3. dip into liquid

4. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto

  Familiarity information: SOP used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

sop; sops

Hypernyms ("sop" is a kind of...):

bit; bite; morsel (a small amount of solid food; a mouthful)

Derivation:

sop (dip into liquid)

sop (be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A concession given to mollify or placate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

the offer was a sop to my feelings

Hypernyms ("sop" is a kind of...):

concession (a point conceded or yielded)

Derivation:

sop (give a conciliatory gift or bribe to)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A prescribed procedure to be followed routinely

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

SOP; standard operating procedure; standard procedure; standing operating procedure

Context example:

rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries

Hypernyms ("SOP" is a kind of...):

operating procedure (a procedure for operating something or for dealing with a given situation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "SOP"):

lockstep (a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly)

• SOP (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they sop    ... he / she / it sops   
Past simple: sopped   
Past participle: sopped   
-ing form: sopping   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give a conciliatory gift or bribe to

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "sop" is one way to...):

bribe; buy; corrupt; grease one's palms (make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

sop (a concession given to mollify or placate)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

soak through; sop

Hypernyms (to "sop" is one way to...):

ooze through (run slowly and gradually)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

sop (piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Dip into liquid

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

sop bread into the sauce

Hypernyms (to "sop" is one way to...):

dip; douse; dunk; plunge; souse (immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

sop (piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

douse; dowse; drench; soak; sop; souse

Context example:

souse water on his hot face

Hypernyms (to "sop" is one way to...):

wet (cause to become wet)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sop"):

brine (soak in brine)

bedraggle; draggle (make wet and dirty, as from rain)

bate (soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments)

ret (place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue)

flush; sluice (irrigate with water from a sluice)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

SOP Instance UID of a DICOM Modality Performed Procedure Step (MPPS) or General Purpose Performed Procedure Step (GPPPS).

(Performed Procedure Step SOP Instance UID, NCI Thesaurus/DICOM)

SOP Class UID for a DICOM Modality Performed Procedure Step (MPPS) or General Purpose Performed Procedure Step (GPPPS) Service.

(Performed Procedure Step SOP Class UID, NCI Thesaurus/DICOM)

There is a defined equivalence between the Frame of Reference of the Registration SOP instance and the Frame of Reference of the referenced images.

(Frame of Reference Identity, NCI Thesaurus/DICOM)

The act of overseeing the progress of a clinical trial, and of ensuring that it is conducted, recorded, and reported in accordance with the protocol, standard operating procedures (SOPs), good clinical practice (GCP), and the applicable regulatory requirement(s). [ICH E6 Glossary]

(Clinical Trials, Monitoring, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)