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Definition of soap verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

soap

verb
 
/səʊp/
 
/səʊp/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they soap
 
/səʊp/
 
/səʊp/
he / she / it soaps
 
/səʊps/
 
/səʊps/
past simple soaped
 
/səʊpt/
 
/səʊpt/
past participle soaped
 
/səʊpt/
 
/səʊpt/
-ing form soaping
 
/ˈsəʊpɪŋ/
 
/ˈsəʊpɪŋ/
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  1. soap yourself/somebody/something to rub yourself/somebody/something with soap see also soft-soap
    Word OriginOld English sāpe, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch zeep and German Seife. The verb dates from the mid 16th cent.
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