(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.
(v. t.) To rub or wash over with soap.
(v. t.) To flatter; to wheedle.
Example Sentences:
(1) After 45 days of the exposition, the protective action of these soaps were evaluated.
(2) It became just like a soap opera: "When Brookside started it was about Scousers living next to each other and in five years' time there were bombs going off and three people buried under the patio."
(3) I’m very sorry.” Who is Billy Bush: the man egging on Trump in tape about groping women Read more Trump and Bush had been on a bus headed to the set of the soap opera Days of Our Lives, in which Trump was set to make a cameo.
(4) Soap is regarded as a cosmetic rather than an agent for removal of microorganisms.
(5) Soap handwash failed to prevent transient colonization in 12 of 12 (100%) experiments; alcohol in 5 of 12 (42%) (risk ratio 2.4, 95% confidence interval 1.2-4.7).
(6) For comparison, the same characteristics of currently used 20% water-soap benzylbenzoate emulsion and of the new ointment base, SAKAP (acryl copolymer), have been examined.
(7) As a viewer you really feel for him.” Mental illness is not the only health issue soap operas are approaching from a more understanding angle.
(8) A comparative evaluation of the effects of soaps and detergents on pH behaviour and lipids level on the skin surface and duration of their restitution was carried out.
(10) Moderate maternal toxicity was observed among mice treated with LAS, 0.3% and mild maternal toxicity in rats receiving LAS 3% or soap 30% and rabbits receiving LAS 0.3%.
(11) Although Kazinsky has successfully proved that there is life beyond the UK soaps, he's well aware that landing a Hollywood role is not an instant passport to fame and fortune – or even professional satisfaction.
(12) A variety of soaps, detergents, germicides, and protective gloves are available for use by health care workers.
(13) The move echoes its decision earlier this year to move another soap, Coronation Street, to Sundays to go head to head with the last episode of hit BBC1 drama Call The Midwife .
(14) He initially dreamed of being an actor, studying drama at Sydney and bagging minor roles in Aussie soaps and second-league features.
(15) You say we should consider the matter of the universality of the BBC, but surely the golden thread that runs through the concept of the BBC is that we all pay in and we should all get something out – and that includes my constituents as well as his constituents, those who like opera and those who like soap opera.” Whittingdale replied: “Even if I wanted to close down Strictly Come Dancing, which I don’t, it would be completely wrong for the government to try and decide which programmes the BBC should make and which they shouldn’t.
(16) The BBC will cut short a controversial cot death story in EastEnders that looks set to become the long-running soap's most complained-about plotline to date.
(17) The antibacterial soap also reduced the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus on the skin, mostly by virtually eliminating it from areas other than the axilla.
(18) Inside, Suge is propped up on a mattress on the floor watching soap operas, an overflowing spittoon at his side.
(19) Therapists responded to a questionnaire following the study to assess their attitudes on using the SOAP note.
(20) Thus soaps are sacrosanct, Murderland with Robbie Coltrane is in, but Al Murray's Pub Landlord is definitely out, because it "goes down like a cup of cold sick in Scotland, a cockney landlord shouting at an audience".
Soapie
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Dose sites were washed with soapy water 24 h posttreatment.
(2) Frozen bubbles Last month, photographer Angela Kelly took a solution of soapy water out into the cold in Washington state, to make an amazing series of frozen-bubble photos .
(3) darlingi females exposed for 2 min, but after the material had been washed twice in soapy water the bioassay mortality fell to only 21.4%.
(4) Equipment used for sprouting seeds should be cleaned thoroughly using hot soapy water; always wash your hands before and after handling seeds."
(5) 4) Press the Sugru down on all sides and smooth the surface by rolling your finger over the Sugru and by wiping soapy water over it.
(6) Richard Davenport-Hines in his recently published An English Affair: Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo writes that 1963 was the year when "the soapy scum flowed after the sluices of self-righteous scurrility were opened".
(7) Most globular proteins are waxy inside and soapy outside.
(8) "They're not just crime mysteries and detective series … they're quite soapy and they are very willing to go into the detail of the characters' back life.
(9) The bicycle tube was inserted into the vagina and air and a soapy solution were pumped in.
(10) This study was designed to assess the microbiologic effectiveness of a practical cleaning-disinfection procedure, consisting of hydrogen peroxide, 100 degrees C soapy water and 100 degrees C rinse water, which might permit reuse of tracheal suction catheters in the home setting.
(11) There appears to be no simple relationship between the slip performance of a cane tip on ice-rink ice and that developed on soapy wet tiles.
(12) A variety of commercially available cane and crutch tips were tested on surfaces of ice and soapy tile under varying axial (thrust) loads.
(13) Data of 7000 patients submitted to surgical procedures from 1980 to 1988 were evaluated regarding a surveillance and a prevention program that was performed at 1984 (short term prophylaxis in contaminated and any clean-contaminated procedures; skin washing before the operation with a soapy solution of povidone iodine; regular report of all data about wound infection incidence to staff).
(14) Set in Los Angeles, it features a glamorous cast and soapy storylines including infidelity, artificial insemination, bisexuality and interracial romance.
(15) His themes could be discordant and experimental (The Prisoner – Patrick McGoohan’s head-trippy spy thriller , not the Aussie prison soapie), light and whimsical ( the sitcom Shelley ), or toe-tappingly nostalgic (The Jazz Age).
(16) They include freezing your clothes, instantly turning boiling water into snow, and... making these soapy ice-bubble things: Last month, photographer Angela Kelly took a solution of soapy water out into the cold in Washington state, to make an amazing series of frozen-bubble photos .
(17) After stage A1, when the exoskeleton feels soft and soapy, and A2, when the abdomen attains parchment consistency, the exoskeleton continues to harden until stage C1, when the telson carinae can no longer be depressed with a fingernail.
(18) The occasional listener to The Archers clearly mustn’t underestimate the effect of Tom Archer’s recasting after 17 years, plus some newly soapy plotlines.
(19) For 2 mM sodium saccharin (NaSac), 75% of the responses were "sweet," 6.5% "sugar"; for NaSac in 10 mM citric acid (ArtLem), 43% "sour," 20% "citrus," and 11% "sugar"; for 214 mM monosodium glutamate (MSG), 28% "salty," 14% "sour," and 10% 1st "soapy," then "no taste," and finally "bitter."
(20) Illustration: Emma McGowan You will need : 1-2 mini packs of Sugru Soapy water Scissors 1) For all breaks, make sure the surface is clean, dry and free from grease.