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Definition soap

Etymology

From Middle English sope, sape, from Old English s?pe (“soap, salve”), from Proto-Germanic *saip?, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb-, *seyp- (“to pour out, drip, trickle, strain”).

Cognate with Scots saip, sape (“soap”), Saterland Frisian Seepe (“soap”), West Frisian sjippe (“soap”), Dutch zeep (“soap”), German Low German Seep (“soap”), German Seife (“soap”), Danish sæbe (“soap”), Swedish såpa (“soap”), Norwegian Bokmål såpe (“soap”), Norwegian Nynorsk såpe (“soap”), Faroese sápa (“soap”), Icelandic sápa (“soap”), Hindi ????? (s?bun, “soap”), Spanish jabón (“soap”). Related also to Old English s?p (“amber, resin, pomade, unguent”), Latin s?bum (“tallow, fat, grease”) and s?p? (“soap”). See seep.

Noun

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
  2. (chemistry) a metallic salt derived from a fatty acid
  3. a flattery or excessively complacent conversation
  4. (slang) money, specially when used for bribing purposes
  5. (countable, informal) A soap opera.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To apply soap to in washing.
  2. (transitive, informal) To cover, lather or in any other form treat with soap, often as a prank.
  3. (transitive, informal) To be discreet about (a topic).
  4. (slang, dated) To flatter; to wheedle.

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