soap
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noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)(chemistry) A metallic salt derived from a fatty acid, commonly used in cleaning products.
- 2.
(broadly, countable, informal, uncountable)(countable, uncountable, informal, by extension, mineralogy) Some other substance, often a detergent or another surfactant, able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning.
I tried washing my hands with soap, but the stain wouldn't go away.
She went to the shop to buy soap, but they had run out.
- 3.
(countable, slang, uncountable)Money, specially when used as a bribe.
- 4.
(countable, informal)A soap opera.
- 5.
(countable)A solid masonry unit or brick reduced in depth or height from standard dimensions.
- 6.
(slang, uncountable)thiopental (sodium pentothal)
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verb- 1.
(transitive)To apply soap to in washing.
Be sure to soap yourself well before rinsing.
- 2.
(informal, transitive)To cover, lather, or in any other manner treat with soap, often as a prank.
Those kids soaped my windows!
- 3.
(informal, transitive)To be discreet about (a topic).
Đồng nghĩa: soft-soap, soft-pedal, sugar soap, downplay
- 4.
(dated, slang)To flatter; to wheedle.
Đồng nghĩa: butter up, cajole, sweet-talk, blandander, blandish, butter up, cajole, fast-talk, canoodle, carny, coax, collogue, croodle, engle, fleech, honey around, honey up, hum, ingle, inveigle, soap, soft-sawder, soft-soap, stroke, sweet-talk, tweedle, twist, wheedle, whilly, word
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From Middle English sope, sape, from Old English sāpe (soap, salve), from *saipā, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb-, *seyp- (to pour out, drip, trickle, strain).