soap

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Related terms 1.6 See also 2 Dutch 2.1 Noun 3 French 3.1 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

Middle English sope, saip < Old English sape < West Germanic *saipo-, < Proto-Indo-European *seib-, *sib- (“‘to pour out, drip, trickle’”).

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• Rhymes: -əʊp

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soap (countable and uncountable; plural soaps)

1. (uncountable) A substance able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning, often in the form of a solid bar or in liquid form, derived from fats or made synthetically.

   I tried washing my hands with soap, but the stain wouldn't go away.

2. (countable) (colloquial) A soap opera.

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to soap (third-person singular simple present soaps, present participle soaping, simple past and past participle soaped)

1. (transitive) To apply soap to in washing.

   Be sure to soap yourself well before rinsing.

2. (transitive) (colloquial) To cover with soap as a prank.

   Those kids soaped my windows!

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dish soap hand soap laundry soap liquid soap no soap saponification

soap dish soap opera soap ring soap suds soapy soft soap soaper

[edit] See also

• Wikipedia article on soap

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soap f

1. soap opera, soap

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soap m

1. soap opera, soap