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soap

/s/oU/p/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

  1. a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats

    noun.artifact

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. money offered as a bribe

    noun.possession

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate

    noun.artifact

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather, and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths, usually by boiling, and consists of salts of sodium, potassium, etc., with the fatty acids (oleic, stearic, palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf. <u>Saponification</u>. By extension, any compound of similar composition or properties, whether used as a cleaning agent or not.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

verb

  1. rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning

    verb.body

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. To rub or wash over with soap.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

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