sop
noun
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
sopped
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past participleof sop.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof sop.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
sopnouna piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
Example Sentences
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Over time, the U.S. economy would be forced to adjust downward, as massive current account deficits could no longer be sopped up by the rest of the world.
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2022
Mayonnaise serves at once as marinade, cooking fat and, once mingled with the pan juices, glossy sauce, which should be sopped up with fluffy rice.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2022
Stale bread sopped up more batter, giving the pudding a forgiving crunch.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 30, 2019
Instead, the flaky fish is simmered in a subtle sauce of saffron, tomato and coconut milk, the kind that’s best when sopped up with white rice.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2016
In addition, we should not imagine that relations between Muralug Islanders and Cape York Aborigines were an uninterrupted love feast at which Aborigines eagerly sopped up culture from island teachers.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
