soaping
present participle ofsoap
soap
verb[T]
uk/səʊp/us/soʊp/to put soap on something:
Have you soaped yourself all over, Alice?
Let me soapyourback.
Synonym
lather
Personal care - general words
- ablution
- amenity kit
- baby wipe
- beach body
- beardy
- bed bath
- douche
- facecloth
- fat-shame
- fat-shaming
- flossing
- grooming
- hand gel
- handwash
- retrosexual
- scrub
- scrub up
- scrub up wellidiom
- toilet
- windswept
Examplesofsoaping
soaping
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Let us have no softsoapingor weasel words about that.
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This necessitates a pause in the flow of water during thesoaping-and-lathering period.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Saponification charts should also be used in hot processes, but are not necessary for the fully boiled hot-processsoaping.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some are manufactured by esterification orsoapingof organic compounds.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In the firstsoapingincident soap and green dye was placed in the fountain the night before it opened.
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- cut someone dead
- cut someone down to size
- cut someone out of your will
- cut someone short
- cut someone some slack
- cut (someone) to the quick
- cut-some-slack
- cut something off
- cut something out
- cut something up
- cut sth back
- cut-sth-back
- cut sth down
- cut-sth-down
- cut sth off
- cut-sth-off
- cut sth out
- cut-sth-out
- cut sth short
- cut-sth-short
- cut sth up
- cut-sth-up
- cut/tear something/someone to ribbons
- cut/tear sth/sb to ribbons
- cut-tear-sth-sb-to-ribbons