Definition of "soaping" []

• Present participle of soap. (verb)
• A cleaning with soap. (noun)

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• "These are somewhat faster to washing and soaping, which is owing to the dye-stuff combining with the alumina in the alum to form an insoluble colour lake of the sulphuric acid groups it contains."
• "I stood in the steaming water for a long time, soaping my hair and slowly rubbing the sweet-smelling wash into my skin."
• "We both have our own shower heads so we just talk while we're soaping up and doing our hair."