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soapen

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

To make soapy; apply soap to; lather up

transitive

Examples

“I know⟳, his tastes were disgusting too), he flicked through his enormous dictionary (which he was careful to keep⟳ out of the dampening effects of the shower and the soapening effects of the soap) looking for and learning enormous words that he could use⟳ to impress⟳ everyone as he practised the speech that he had only just written and improved with a careful swirl from his indigo-ink fountain pen which he filled from a faucet installed specially for the purpose.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

soapened soapening soapens soapified soapifies soapify

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