sopped

verb

past tense of sop
1
as in soaked
to wet thoroughly with liquid sopped the sponge with the detergent and began scrubbing the floor vigorously

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2
as in wet
to make wet my book fell in the swimming pool and was thoroughly sopped before I could fish it out

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3
as in dipped
to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid hesitant to sop his bread in gravy, no matter how delicious, at such a formal banquet

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sopped
  1. soaked
  2. wet
  3. dipped
  4. drowned
  5. washed
  6. immersed
  7. saturated
  8. flooded
Verb
  • Much of the film is sun-soaked and colorful and filled with the rhythm and chaos of life in a cloistered, liminal community.
    — JD Linville, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Apply enough of the product to treat the affected area, especially if the mess has soaked into the carpet or other porous material.
    — Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of soaked
Verb
  • Arrange some small, flat stones around the puddle to give the butterflies a place to land, and then add enough water to moisten or wet the sand.
    — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Pyne argues that Mediterranean Europe, much like California, is naturally predisposed to burn because of an annual cycle of wetting and drying.
    — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of wet
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  • Ryan Gravenberch and Alexis Mac Allister both dipped in physicality last season, leading to Liverpool’s back four suffering from a lack of protection at points.
    — Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Berry posed near the shoreline in an animal-print cover-up layered over a black lace lingerie bodysuit as the sun dipped toward the ocean.
    — Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of dipped
Verb
  • Crump has also rejected notions from law enforcement officials that Wells may have drowned, citing the teenager’s ability to swim well and his athletic past.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2026
  • More than 80 migrants died, including some who drowned or were trampled in a stampede to cross a breakwater barrier, according to Spanish and Moroccan authorities.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of drowned
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  • While getting my hair washed, several workers were coughing and sneezing around me.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The three-compartment sink wasn’t big enough for the pots and pans washed there.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of washed
Verb
  • Born William Wainwright in north London in 1956, Orbit left school at 16 and immersed himself in the city’s post-punk underground.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 7 Aug. 2026
  • New Motion Mode Motion Mode allows the audio to follow the listener’s head movement and is ideal for staying immersed while listening on the go.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of immersed
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  • Water had saturated the mica schist and reactivated the old landslide.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Our daily lives are saturated with instant opinions amplified by algorithms that reward speed over substance.
    — Ronald Leopold, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of saturated
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  • Upon hearing the news, East Germans flooded to the wall’s checkpoints, demanding to cross.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026
  • By nearly every measure, President Claudia Sheinbaum is taking the fight to the cartels that have flooded America’s streets for decades.
    — Chris Shays, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of flooded
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“Sopped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sopped. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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