Soap is a material that helps to remove dirt and germs. People often use it with water to clean their bodies or things around the house.
She used soap to wash her hands.
I bought new soap for the kitchen.
Soap means a story on TV or radio about everyday problems. It usually has many parts and people watch it often.
She watches a soap every evening.
The soap has many episodes now.
As a verb, soap means to put soap on something to make it clean. People soap their hands or objects before washing them.
He soaped the car before rinsing it.
She likes to soap her hands well.
Soap is a chemical material that contains fat and alkali. It is used to clean but also has special uses in machines and industry.
Soap is made from fats and lye in chemistry.
This soap helps remove grease from machines.
In slang, to soap someone means to cheat or trick them. It is used for dishonest or unfair behavior.
He tried to soap the buyer with a false price.
Do not let anyone soap you in a deal.
To soap someone means to hit them with soap inside a cloth. It is a form of punishment or prank in some places.
The kids soaped him as a joke.
He was soaped on the hand for misbehaving.
In technical use, soap can refer to a test or mock version of software or media. It helps developers check how things work before final use.
They used a soap to test the new app.
The team created a soap before the final release.
Soap can mean a type of plant that creates soap-like material when crushed. It is used traditionally to help clean things.
Soap is also a plant used to make soap.
Soap grows in gardens and fields.
