Soap
noun
- 1.
- (a substance used for washing and cleaning things, made the action of an alkali as potash on fats) សាប៊ូ, ដុំសាប៊ូ, ការលាងដោយសាប៊ូ, bar of soap សាប៊ូ, soap opera រឿងល្ខោនដែលមានតៗ (លេង តាមវិទ្យុឬទូរទស្សន៍នៅពេលថ្ងៃ)
verb — past tense: soaped ; past participle: soaped ; present participle: soaping ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) (To lather with soap, to cover or wash with soap. -soap bubble bubble of soapsuds, something lacking substance or permanence) ដុសសាប៊ូ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- 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.). Cf. Saponification. By extension, any compound of similar composition or properties, whether used as a cleaning agent or not.
verb — past tense: soaped ; past participle: soaped ; present participle: soaping ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To rub or wash over with soap.
- 1.
- To flatter, to wheedle