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/ |
- soap yourself/somebody/something to rub yourself/somebody/something with soap see also soft-soapWord 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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