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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary : [ easton ]


  Soap
     (Jer. 2:22; Mal. 3:2; Heb. borith), properly a vegetable alkali,
     obtained from the ashes of certain plants, particularly the
     salsola kali (saltwort), which abounds on the shores of the Dead
     Sea and of the Mediterranean. It does not appear that the
     Hebrews were acquainted with what is now called "soap," which is
     a compound of alkaline carbonates with oleaginous matter. The
     word "purely" in Isa. 1:25 (R.V., "throughly;" marg., "as with
     lye") is lit. "as with _bor_." This word means "clearness," and
     hence also that which makes clear, or pure, alkali. "The
     ancients made use of alkali mingled with oil, instead of soap
     (Job 9:30), and also in smelting metals, to make them melt and
     flow more readily and purely" (Gesenius).

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  SOAP
       
          1.  Simple Object Access Protocol.
       
          2.  Symbolic Optimal Assembly Program.
       
          (2001-03-23)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Soap \Soap\, n. [OE. sope, AS. s[=a]pe; akin to D. zeep, G.
     seife, OHG. seifa, Icel. s[=a]pa, Sw. s?pa, Dan. s?be, and
     perhaps to AS. s[=i]pan to drip, MHG. s[=i]fen, and L. sebum
     tallow. Cf. Saponaceous.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: In general, soaps are of two classes, hard and soft.
           Calcium, magnesium, lead, etc., form soaps, but they
           are insoluble and useless.
           [1913 Webster]
  
                 The purifying action of soap depends upon the
                 fact that it is decomposed by a large quantity of
                 water into free alkali and an insoluble acid
                 salt. The first of these takes away the fatty
                 dirt on washing, and the latter forms the soap
                 lather which envelops the greasy matter and thus
                 tends to remove it.                --Roscoe &
                                                    Schorlemmer.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Castile soap, a fine-grained hard soap, white or mottled,
        made of olive oil and soda; -- called also Marseilles
        soap or Venetian soap.
  
     Hard soap, any one of a great variety of soaps, of
        different ingredients and color, which are hard and
        compact. All solid soaps are of this class.
  
     Lead soap, an insoluble, white, pliable soap made by
        saponifying an oil (olive oil) with lead oxide; -- used
        externally in medicine. Called also lead plaster,
        diachylon, etc.
  
     Marine soap. See under Marine.
  
     Pills of soap (Med.), pills containing soap and opium.
  
     Potash soap, any soap made with potash, esp. the soft
        soaps, and a hard soap made from potash and castor oil.
  
     Pumice soap, any hard soap charged with a gritty powder, as
        silica, alumina, powdered pumice, etc., which assists
        mechanically in the removal of dirt.
  
     Resin soap, a yellow soap containing resin, -- used in
        bleaching.
  
     Silicated soap, a cheap soap containing water glass (sodium
        silicate).
  
     Soap bark. (Bot.) See Quillaia bark.
  
     Soap bubble, a hollow iridescent globe, formed by blowing a
        film of soap suds from a pipe; figuratively, something
        attractive, but extremely unsubstantial.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              This soap bubble of the metaphysicians. --J. C.
                                                    Shairp.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Soap cerate, a cerate formed of soap, olive oil, white wax,
        and the subacetate of lead, sometimes used as an
        application to allay inflammation.
  
     Soap fat, the refuse fat of kitchens, slaughter houses,
        etc., used in making soap.
  
     Soap liniment (Med.), a liniment containing soap, camphor,
        and alcohol.
  
     Soap nut, the hard kernel or seed of the fruit of the
        soapberry tree, -- used for making beads, buttons, etc.
  
     Soap plant (Bot.), one of several plants used in the place
        of soap, as the Chlorogalum pomeridianum, a California
        plant, the bulb of which, when stripped of its husk and
        rubbed on wet clothes, makes a thick lather, and smells
        not unlike new brown soap. It is called also soap apple,
        soap bulb, and soap weed.
  
     Soap tree. (Bot.) Same as Soapberry tree.
  
     Soda soap, a soap containing a sodium salt. The soda soaps
        are all hard soaps.
  
     Soft soap, a soap of a gray or brownish yellow color, and
        of a slimy, jellylike consistence, made from potash or the
        lye from wood ashes. It is strongly alkaline and often
        contains glycerin, and is used in scouring wood, in
        cleansing linen, in dyehouses, etc. Figuratively,
        flattery; wheedling; blarney. [Colloq.]
  
     Toilet soap, hard soap for the toilet, usually colored and
        perfumed.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Soap \Soap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Soaped; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Soaping.]
     1. To rub or wash over with soap.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To flatter; to wheedle. [Slang]
        [1913 Webster]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) : [ vera ]


  SOAP
       Symbolic Optimizer and Assembly Program

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) : [ vera ]


  SOAP
       Simple Object Access Protocol (W3C, XML, HTML)

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Soap \Soap\, n. [OE. sope, AS. s[=a]pe; akin to D. zeep, G.
     seife, OHG. seifa, Icel. s[=a]pa, Sw. s?pa, Dan. s?be, and
     perhaps to AS. s[=i]pan to drip, MHG. s[=i]fen, and L. sebum
     tallow. Cf. Saponaceous.]
     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.
  
     Note: In general, soaps are of two classes, hard and soft.
           Calcium, magnesium, lead, etc., form soaps, but they
           are insoluble and useless.
  
                 The purifying action of soap depends upon the
                 fact that it is decomposed by a large quantity of
                 water into free alkali and an insoluble acid
                 salt. The first of these takes away the fatty
                 dirt on washing, and the latter forms the soap
                 lather which envelops the greasy matter and thus
                 tends to remove it.                --Roscoe &
                                                    Schorlemmer.
  
     Castile soap, a fine-grained hard soap, white or mottled,
        made of olive oil and soda; -- called also Marseilles, or
        Venetian, soap.
  
     Hard soap, any one of a great variety of soaps, of
        different ingredients and color, which are hard and
        compact. All solid soaps are of this class.
  
     Lead soap, an insoluble, white, pliable soap made by
        saponifying an oil (olive oil) with lead oxide; -- used
        externally in medicine. Called also lead plaster,
        diachylon, etc.
  
     Marine soap. See under Marine.
  
     Pills of soap (Med.), pills containing soap and opium.
  
     Potash soap, any soap made with potash, esp. the soft
        soaps, and a hard soap made from potash and castor oil.
  
     Pumice soap, any hard soap charged with a gritty powder, as
        silica, alumina, powdered pumice, etc., which assists
        mechanically in the removal of dirt.
  
     Resin soap, a yellow soap containing resin, -- used in
        bleaching.
  
     Silicated soap, a cheap soap containing water glass (sodium
        silicate).
  
     Soap bark. (Bot.) See Quillaia bark.
  
     Soap bubble, a hollow iridescent globe, formed by blowing a
        film of soap suds from a pipe; figuratively, something
        attractive, but extremely unsubstantial.
  
              This soap bubble of the metaphysicians. --J. C.
                                                    Shairp.
  
     Soap cerate, a cerate formed of soap, olive oil, white wax,
        and the subacetate of lead, sometimes used as an
        application to allay inflammation.
  
     Soap fat, the refuse fat of kitchens, slaughter houses,
        etc., used in making soap.
  
     Soap liniment (Med.), a liniment containing soap, camphor,
        and alcohol.
  
     Soap nut, the hard kernel or seed of the fruit of the
        soapberry tree, -- used for making beads, buttons, etc.
  
     Soap plant (Bot.), one of several plants used in the place
        of soap, as the Chlorogalum pomeridianum, a California
        plant, the bulb of which, when stripped of its husk and
        rubbed on wet clothes, makes a thick lather, and smells
        not unlike new brown soap. It is called also soap apple,
        soap bulb, and soap weed.
  
     Soap tree. (Bot.) Same as Soapberry tree.
  
     Soda soap, a soap containing a sodium salt. The soda soaps
        are all hard soaps.
  
     Soft soap, a soap of a gray or brownish yellow color, and
        of a slimy, jellylike consistence, made from potash or the
        lye from wood ashes. It is strongly alkaline and often
        contains glycerin, and is used in scouring wood, in
        cleansing linen, in dyehouses, etc. Figuratively,
        flattery; wheedling; blarney. [Colloq.]
  
     Toilet soap, hard soap for the toilet, usually colored and
        perfumed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Soap \Soap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Soaped; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Soaping.]
     1. To rub or wash over with soap.
  
     2. To flatter; to wheedle. [Slang]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  soap
       n 1: a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal
            fats
       2: money offered as a bribe
       3: street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate [syn: scoop, max,
           liquid ecstasy, grievous bodily harm, goop, Georgia
          home boy, easy lay]
       v : rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning
           [syn: lather]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  soap
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 σαπούνι
     2 η σαπουνόπερα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  soap
     Dutch n.
     soap opera
     French n.
     soap opera

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Soap
     German n.
     f soap opera

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  SOAP
     n.
     (lb en medicine) (acronym of en subjective, objective, assessment,
  and plan)
     n.
     (lb en computing) (acronym of en simple Simple object Object access
  Access protocol Protocol) (gloss: A standard Internet protocol for
  exchanging structured information in a distributed environment.)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  soap
     alt.
     1 (lb en transitive) To apply soap to in washing.
     2 (lb en transitive informal) To cover, lather or in any other form
  treat with soap, often as a prank.
     3 (lb en transitive informal) To be discreet about (a topic).
     4 (lb en slang dated) To flatter; to wheedle.
     n.
     1 (lb en chemistry) A metallic (l en salt) derived from a (l en fatty
  acid), commonly used in cleaning products.
     2 (lb en countable uncountable informal by extension) Some other
  substance, often a detergent or another surfactant, able to mix with
  both oil and water, used for cleaning.
     3 (lb en slang) money, specially when used as a bribe.
     4 (lb en countable informal) A soap opera.
     5 (lb en countable) A solid masonry unit or brick reduced in depth or
  height from standard dimensions.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To apply soap to in washing.
     2 (lb en transitive informal) To cover, lather or in any other form
  treat with soap, often as a prank.
     3 (lb en transitive informal) To be discreet about (a topic).
     4 (lb en slang dated) To flatter; to wheedle.
     n.
     (lb en slang) sodium pentothal

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  SOAP
     n.
     (lb en medicine) (acronym of en subjective, objective, assessment,
  and plan)
     n.
     (lb en computing) (acronym of en simple Simple object Object access
  Access protocol Protocol) (gloss: A standard Internet protocol for
  exchanging structured information in a distributed environment.)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  soap
     Dutch n.
     soap opera
     French n.
     soap opera

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Soap
     German n.
     f soap opera

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  SOAP
     n.
     (lb en medicine) (acronym of en subjective, objective, assessment,
  and plan)
     n.
     (lb en computing) (acronym of en simple Simple object Object access
  Access protocol Protocol) (gloss: A standard Internet protocol for
  exchanging structured information in a distributed environment.)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  soap
     Dutch n.
     soap opera
     French n.
     soap opera

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Soap
     German n.
     f soap opera

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  SOAP
     n.
     (lb en medicine) (acronym of en subjective, objective, assessment,
  and plan)
     n.
     (lb en computing) (acronym of en simple Simple object Object access
  Access protocol Protocol) (gloss: A standard Internet protocol for
  exchanging structured information in a distributed environment.)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  soap
     Englanti n.
     1 saippua
     2 (yhteys arkikieltä k=en) saippuaooppera
     Englanti vb.
     saippuoida

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  soap
     Engelska n.
     1 såpa
     2 tvål

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Soap
     Tyska n.
     (tagg anglicism språk=de) såpa, såpopera, tvålopera

From Deutsch-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-rus ]


  Soap /sɔʊ̯p/ 
  мыло, мыльная опера
  Fernsehserie, die täglich oder wöchentlich ausgestrahlt wird und eine fortlaufende Handlung besitzt

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Soap /sˈəʊp/
  الصابون

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  soap //soʊp// //səʊp// 
  сапу́н, сапун
  substance

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  soap //soʊp// //səʊp// 
  сапунисвам
  apply soap in washing