SUDS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does suds mean? 

• SUDS (noun)
  The noun SUDS has 2 senses:

1. the froth produced by soaps or detergents

2. a dysphemism for beer (especially for lager that effervesces)

  Familiarity information: SUDS used as a noun is rare.

• SUDS (verb)
  The verb SUDS has 2 senses:

1. wash in suds

2. make froth or foam and become bubbly

  Familiarity information: SUDS used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUDS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The froth produced by soaps or detergents

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

lather; soapsuds; suds

Hypernyms ("suds" is a kind of...):

foam; froth (a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "suds"):

shaving cream; shaving soap (toiletry consisting of a preparation of soap and fatty acids that forms a rich lather for softening the beard before shaving)

Derivation:

suds (make froth or foam and become bubbly)

suds (wash in suds)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A dysphemism for beer (especially for lager that effervesces)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("suds" is a kind of...):

beer (a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops)

• SUDS (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wash in suds

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "suds" is one way to...):

launder; wash (cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

suds (the froth produced by soaps or detergents)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make froth or foam and become bubbly

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

froth; spume; suds

Context example:

The river foamed

Hypernyms (to "suds" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

suds (the froth produced by soaps or detergents)

 Context examples 

With thumb and forefinger she swept the dripping suds first from one arm and then from the other.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I once prevailed on the barber to give me some of the suds or lather, out of which I picked forty or fifty of the strongest stumps of hair.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Maria, in her excitement, jammed the bedroom and bedroom-closet doors together, and for five minutes, through the partly open door, clouds of steam, smelling of soap- suds and dirt, poured into the sick chamber.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)