Meaning of "soap" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SOAP

Old English sāpe; related to Old High German seipfa, Old French savon, Latin sāpō.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SOAP

soap  [səʊp]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOAP

Soap is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb soap in English.

WHAT DOES SOAP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Soap

In chemistry, soap is a salt of a fatty acid. Soaps are mainly used as surfactants for washing, bathing, and cleaning, but they are also used in textile spinning and are important components of lubricants. Soaps for cleansing are obtained by treating vegetable or animal oils and fats with a strongly alkaline solution. Fats and oils are composed of triglycerides; three molecules of fatty acids are attached to a single molecule of glycerol. The alkaline solution, which is often called lye, brings about a chemical reaction known as saponification. In this reaction, the triglyceride fats are first hydrolyzed into free fatty acids, and then these combine with the alkali to form crude soap, an amalgam of various soap salts, excess fat or alkali, water, and liberated glycerol. The glycerin is a useful by-product, which can be left in the soap product as a softening agent, or isolated for other uses. Soaps are key components of most lubricating greases, which are usually emulsions of calcium soap or lithium soaps and mineral oil. These calcium- and lithium-based greases are widely used.

Definition of soap in the English dictionary

The first definition of soap in the dictionary is flattery or persuasive talk. Other definition of soap is money, esp for bribery. Soap is also to apply soap to.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SOAP

PRESENT

Present

I soap

you soap

he/she/it soaps

we soap

you soap

they soap

Present continuous

I am soaping

you are soaping

he/she/it is soaping

we are soaping

you are soaping

they are soaping

Present perfect

I have soaped

you have soaped

he/she/it has soaped

we have soaped

you have soaped

they have soaped

Present perfect continuous

I have been soaping

you have been soaping

he/she/it has been soaping

we have been soaping

you have been soaping

they have been soaping

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I soaped

you soaped

he/she/it soaped

we soaped

you soaped

they soaped

Past continuous

I was soaping

you were soaping

he/she/it was soaping

we were soaping

you were soaping

they were soaping

Past perfect

I had soaped

you had soaped

he/she/it had soaped

we had soaped

you had soaped

they had soaped

Past perfect continuous

I had been soaping

you had been soaping

he/she/it had been soaping

we had been soaping

you had been soaping

they had been soaping

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will soap

you will soap

he/she/it will soap

we will soap

you will soap

they will soap

Future continuous

I will be soaping

you will be soaping

he/she/it will be soaping

we will be soaping

you will be soaping

they will be soaping

Future perfect

I will have soaped

you will have soaped

he/she/it will have soaped

we will have soaped

you will have soaped

they will have soaped

Future perfect continuous

I will have been soaping

you will have been soaping

he/she/it will have been soaping

we will have been soaping

you will have been soaping

they will have been soaping

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would soap

you would soap

he/she/it would soap

we would soap

you would soap

they would soap

Conditional continuous

I would be soaping

you would be soaping

he/she/it would be soaping

we would be soaping

you would be soaping

they would be soaping

Conditional perfect

I would have soap

you would have soap

he/she/it would have soap

we would have soap

you would have soap

they would have soap

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been soaping

you would have been soaping

he/she/it would have been soaping

we would have been soaping

you would have been soaping

they would have been soaping

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you soap
we let´s soap
you soap

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to soap

Past participle

soaped

Present Participle

soaping

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF SOAP

Find out the translation of soap to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of soap from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «soap» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 肥皂
• Translator English - Spanish: jabón
• English: soap
• Translator English - Hindi: साबुन
• Translator English - Arabic: صَابُون
• Translator English - Russian: мыло
• Translator English - Portuguese: sabão
• Translator English - Bengali: সাবান
• Translator English - French: savon
• Translator English - Malay: Sabun
• Translator English - German: Seife
• Translator English - Japanese: 石鹸
• Translator English - Korean: 비누
• Translator English - Javanese: Sinetron
• Translator English - Vietnamese: xà phòng
• Translator English - Tamil: சோப்பு
• Translator English - Marathi: साबण
• Translator English - Turkish: sabun
• Translator English - Italian: sapone
• Translator English - Polish: mydło
• Translator English - Ukrainian: мило
• Translator English - Romanian: săpun
• Translator English - Greek: σαπούνι
• Translator English - Afrikaans: seep
• Translator English - Swedish: tvål
• Translator English - Norwegian: såpe

10 QUOTES WITH «SOAP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word soap.

1

Scott Adkins

I was a regular on 'Holby City,' and I did daytime; that's how I started off. Off in Hong Kong doing stuntman stuff, then coming back to England doing daytime soap operas.

2

Joan Van Ark

So I had all the names, three names, and that's good to have on a soap.

3

Linden Ashby

I started out in theater, and then I got a job on a soap in New York. With a soap opera, its every day, all year long - there's no downtime, and you're shooting a show a day.

4

Alec Baldwin

Soaps are the best. They really are. If you can do a soap, well, you can do anything. You have to learn pages of dialogue very quickly.

5

Jamie Bamber

It frustrates me that Britain can't make something like 'CSI' or 'The Sopranos'. Instead, British TV puts soap in primetime while every other civilized nation leaves it in daytime. Viewers should be more demanding.

6

Corbin Bernsen

My mom was on a soap opera for 40 years, so I know about love and romance.

7

Ruben Blades

I was a kid, and I remember my mother singing. She was also a radio soap opera actress, but my mother sang.

8

Stephen Colletti

I was fooled a bit during 'Laguna Beach.' I was 17, 18 years old, and I thought they just wanted to shoot a documentary, and that it probably wouldn't end up anywhere, anyway. Little did we know about the power of editing. I had no idea that it was going to be the soap drama that it was, but I picked up on that pretty quickly.

9

Emayatzy Corinealdi

One of the roles I hold really close to my heart is a small 'under-five' role I did on 'The Young and the Restless.' I think I did about four episodes and it meant so much to me, simply because it was my mom's all-time favorite soap.

10

Kassie DePaiva

Music has always played a big part in my life and, believe it or not, in my soap opera career.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOAP»

Discover the use of soap in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to soap and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Programming Web Services with SOAP

You'll learn the concepts of the web services architecture and get practical advice on building and deploying web services in the enterprise.This authoritative book decodes the standards, explaining the concepts and implementation in a ...

James Snell, Doug Tidwell, Pavel Kulchenko, 2001

The Natural Soap Book: Making Herbal and Vegetable-Based Soaps

The Natural Soap Book gives you: * Clear directions and illustrations to guide you step-by-step through the entire process -- from buying supplies to cutting and trimming the final bars. * Recipes for old favorites like oatmeal/honey and ...

Susan Miller Cavitch, 1995

The Handmade Soap Book

This guide shows how to make luxury soaps using only natural ingredients and non-specialist equipment.

Melinda Coss, 1998

Basic Soap Making: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get ...

An introduction to soap making that includes step-by-step illustrations and instructions for making cold press soap, molding soap, cutting bars, creating new recipes, building a soap mold, liner, and cutter, and packaging soaps as gifts.

Elizabeth Letcavage, 2010

Soap Book

Fire Light, Forest Garden, Gentlemen Farmer, Lemon Verbena, Oat and Wheat Bran--this is but a sampling of the thirty wonderful recipes you'll find in this guide to making soap.

Sandy Maine, 1995

Soap

In this work, begun during the German occupation, the eminent French poet and philosopher began to turn away from the small, perfect poem toward a much more open form, a kind of prose poem that recounted its own process of coming into being ...

Francis Ponge, 1998

Smart Soapmaking: The Simple Guide to Making Traditional ...

Written by a former professional soapmaker, this book explodes the myths about soapmaking and shows you how to make luxurious soap with the least fuss and bother.

Anne L. Watson, 2007

Soap: Making It, Enjoying It

How to make beautiful gift soaps at home with instructions for coloring, scenting, molding, and carving. Selection of the Better Homes & Gardens Family Book Service. 140,000 copies in print.

Ann Bramson, 1975

Body of Knowledge: The Art Of Crafting, Molding, Scenting & ...

Using common ingredients and equipment, you can craft stunning transparent soaps!

Carol Dawson, 2012

SOAP for Family Medicine

The books not only teach students what to do, but also help them understand why. Students will find these books a "must have" to keep in their white coat pockets for wards and clinics.

Daniel C. Maldonado (M.D.), Cynthia Zúñiga, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOAP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term soap is used in the context of the following news items.

Brazil's biblical soap opera The Ten Commandments is a TV hit

The soap is taking the country by storm. It's helped propel the Rede Record television network, owned by the founder of Brazil's main Pentecostal church, the ... «The Guardian, May 15»

British Soap Awards 2015: EastEnders sweeps the board with …

IT WAS a great night for London-based soap EastEnders which scooped eight of 14 gongs at last night's British Soap Awards. By Felicity Thistlethwaite Felicity ... «Express.co.uk, May 15»

British Soap Awards 2015 worst dressed: Kellie Bright, Hayley …

The British Soap Awards saw the cream of the crop from Walford to Weatherfield gather together for a night full of glitz and glamour. But amid all that glitter was a ... «mirror.co.uk, May 15»

How Recycled Bars Of Soap Could Help Prevent Illnesses In …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Shawn Seipler is on a mission to save lives with soap. It began about seven years ago as a tiny operation with a few friends and family in a ... «Huffington Post, Apr 15»

Shayne Ward: 'Coronation Street audition was incredible'

He also congratulated Girls Aloud star Sarah Harding on joining the soap: "I think she'll be brilliant." Digital Spy Soap Scoop video - hit play below for gossip on ... «Digital Spy UK, Apr 15»

Neighbours 30th anniversary - on the trail of the soap in Melbourne

When Neighbours first slipped into the world, on March 18 1985, 30 years ago today, it was to a near-silent response – just another suburban soap opera filling ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»

Neighbours' Anne Charleston was dubious about returning from the …

Neighbours star Anne Charleston has admitted she was "dubious" about returning to the soap, because of the elaborate way her character had been written ... «mirror.co.uk, Mar 15»

Bar of soap 'made from the fat of Jewish Holocaust victims' is …

Dutch prosecutors have blocked the sale of a bar of soap which its owners claimed was made from the fat of Jewish people murdered at a Nazi death camp. «Daily Mail, Mar 15»

Why the soap opera is in terminal decline

But the history of soap operas goes back a great deal further than that. They first emerged on radio in the US of the early 1930s at the beginning of the Great ... «The Conversation UK, Feb 15»

Black ex-soap opera star sues CBS with retaliation charge

Rowell has sued CBS and producers, saying they have kept her off a television show as retaliation for advocating the casting of more black people on soap ... «Yahoo News UK, Feb 15»