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1. n. 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. Saponification. By extension, any compound of similar composition or properties, whether used as a cleaning agent or not.
2. v. t. To rub or wash over with soap.
3. v. t. To flatter; to wheedle.
4. n. a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats
5. n. money offered as a bribe
6. n. street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
7. v. rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning
8. A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather,and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by combining fatsor oils with alkalies or alkaline earths, usually by boiling, andconsists of salts of sodium, potassium, etc., with the fatty acids(oleic, stearic, palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf.Saponification. By extension, any compound of similar composition orproperties, whether used as a cleaning agent or not.
9. v:5/n:95 n. a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats n. money offered as a bribe n. street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate v. rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning