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soap
(sōp)n.
1. A cleansing agent, manufactured in bars, granules, flakes, or liquid form, made from a mixture of the sodium salts of various fatty acids of natural oils and fats.
2. A metallic salt of a fatty acid, as of aluminum or iron, that is not water soluble and may be used as a lubricant, thickener, or in various coating applications, ointments, or disinfectants.
3. Slang Money, especially that which is used for bribery.
4. A soap opera.
tr.v. soaped, soap·ing, soaps
Idiom: 1. To treat or cover with or as if with soap.
2.
a. Informal To softsoap; cajole.
b. Slang To bribe.
no soap Slang
1. Not possible or permissible.
2. Unsuccessful; futile.
[Middle English sope, from Old English sāpe.]
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soap
(səʊp)n
1. (Elements & Compounds) a cleaning or emulsifying agent made by reacting animal or vegetable fats or oils with potassium or sodium hydroxide. Soaps often contain colouring matter and perfume and act by emulsifying grease and lowering the surface tension of water, so that it more readily penetrates open materials such as textiles. See also detergent
2. (Elements & Compounds) any metallic salt of a fatty acid, such as palmitic or stearic acid. See also metallic soap
3. slang flattery or persuasive talk (esp in the phrase soft soap)
4. (Broadcasting) informal short for soap opera
5. slang US and Canadian money, esp for bribery
6. no soap slang US and Canadian not possible or successful
vb
7. (tr) to apply soap to
8. slang
a. to flatter or talk persuasively to
b. US and Canadian to bribe
[Old English sāpe; related to Old High German seipfa, Old French savon, Latin sāpō]
ˈsoapless adj
ˈsoapˌlike adj
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soap
(soʊp)n.
1. a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usu. made by treating a fat with an alkali.
2. any metallic salt of an acid derived from a fat.
3. Informal. Also, soaper. soap opera.
v.t. 4. to rub, cover, lather, or treat with soap.
Idioms: no soap, Informal. no luck; not acceptable.
[before 1000; Middle English sope, Old English sāpe, c. Middle Dutch seepe, Old High German seipha, all < West Germanic (perhaps ≫ Latin sāpō; compare saponify)]
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soap
(sōp) A substance used for washing or cleaning, consisting of a mixture of sodium or potassium salts of naturally occurring fatty acids. Like detergents, soaps work by surrounding particles of grease or dirt with their molecules, thereby allowing them to be carried away. Unlike detergents, soap reacts with the minerals common in most water, forming an insoluble film that remains on fabrics. For this reason soap is not as efficient a cleaner as most detergents. The film is also what causes rings to form in bathtubs. Compare detergent.
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soap
Past participle: soaped
Gerund: soaping
| Imperative |
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| soap |
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| Noun | 1. |  soap - a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fatsbar soap - soap in the form of a bar castile soap - a good hard soap made from olive oil and sodium hydroxide liquid soap - soap in liquid form leather soap, saddle soap - a mild soap for cleansing and conditioning leather soap flakes - soap that has been cut into flakes to make suds faster green soap, soft soap - a soft (or liquid) soap made from vegetable oils; used in certain skin diseases |
| 2. | soap - money offered as a bribe | |
| 3. |  soap - street names for gamma hydroxybutyrategamma hydroxybutyrate, GHB - a club drug available in liquid or powder form is taken orally (frequently combined with alcohol); used to incapacitate individuals for the commission of sexual assault and rape | |
| Verb | 1. | soap - rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning |
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soap
nounRelated words
adjective saponaceous
adjective saponaceous
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Translations
صابونصَابُونيَفْرُك بالصّابون
сапун
mýdlomydlit
sæbesæbe ind
saposapumi
seep
صابون
saippuasaippuoida
sapun
szappanszappanozbeszappanoz
sápa
石鹸
비누
sapo
muilasmuilo operamuiluotasišmuilinti
ieziepētsaziepētziepes
săpun
mydliťmydlonamydliť
milo
tvål
sabuni
สบู่
sabunsabunla yıkamaksabunlamak
xà phòng
soap
[səʊp]A. N
2. = soap opera
B. VT → jabonar
C. CPD soap dish N → jabonera f
soap flakes NPL → jabón msing en escamas
soap opera N (TV) → telenovela f (Rad) → radionovela f
soap powder N → polvos mpl de jabón, detergente m en polvo
soap flakes NPL → jabón msing en escamas
soap opera N (TV) → telenovela f (Rad) → radionovela f
soap powder N → polvos mpl de jabón, detergente m en polvo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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soap
n
(= substance) → Seife f
soap
:soapbox
n (lit: = packing case) → Seifenkiste f; (fig: = platform) → Apfelsinenkiste f; (as cart) → Seifenkiste f; to get up on one’s soap (fig) → Volksreden pl → halten
soapbox derby
n → Seifenkistenrennen nt
soapbox evangelist
n → Wanderprediger(in) m(f)
soapbox orator
n → Volksredner(in) m(f)
soap bubble
n → Seifenblase f
soapdish
n → Seifenschale f
soap dispenser
n → Seifenspender m
soap flakes
pl → Seifenflocken pl
soap opera
n (TV, Rad: inf) → Seifenoper f (inf), → Soap-Opera f (inf)
soap powder
n → Seifenpulver nt
soapstone
n → Speckstein m
soapsuds
pl → Seifenschaum m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
soap
(səup) noun a mixture containing oils or fats and other substances, especially formed into small regularly-shaped pieces and used in washing. He found a bar of soap and began to wash his hands.
verb to rub with soap. She soaped the baby all over.
ˈsoapy adjective1. covered with, or full of, soap. soapy water.
2. like soap. This chocolate has a soapy taste.
ˈsoapiness nounsoap opera
a radio or television serial broadcast weekly, daily etc, especially one that continues from year to year, that concerns the daily life, troubles etc of the characters in it.
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soap
→ صَابُون mýdlo sæbe Seife σαπούνι jabón saippua savon sapun sapone 石鹸 비누 zeep såpe mydło sabão мыло tvål สบู่ sabun xà phòng 肥皂Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
soap
n. jabón;
v. enjabonar;
to ___ oneself → enjabonarse.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
- There's no soap (US)
There is no soap (UK)
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soap
n jabón mEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.