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Dictionary: suds   (sŭdz) pronunciation
 
pl.n.
  1. Soapy water.
  2. Foam; lather.
  3. Slang. Beer.

v., sudsed, suds·ing, suds·es.

v.tr.

To wash in suds.

v.intr.

To form or make suds.

[Perhaps from obsolete Dutch zudse, marsh, from Middle Dutch sudse.]


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Thesaurus: suds
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noun

    A mass of bubbles in or on the surface of a liquid: foam, froth, head, lather, spume, yeast. See solid/liquid/consistency.

verb

    To form or cause to form foam: bubble, cream, effervesce, fizz, foam, froth, lather, spume, yeast. See solid/liquid/consistency.

 
WordNet: suds
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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the froth produced by soaps or detergents
  Synonyms: soapsuds, lather

Meaning #2: fermented alcoholic beverage brewed from malt and hops
  Synonym: beer


The verb suds has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: wash in suds

Meaning #2: make froth, become bubbly
  Synonyms: foam, froth, spume


 
Translations: Suds
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Dansk (Danish)
n. pl. - sæbevand, sæbeskum
v. tr. - vaske i sæbevand
v. intr. - blive vasket i sæbevand

Nederlands (Dutch)
(zeep)sop, bier

Français (French)
n. pl. - mousse (de savon), eau savonneuse, (US) bière, mousse
v. tr. - laver avec un savon/un détergent
v. intr. - laver avec un savon/un détergent

Deutsch (German)
n. pl. - Lauge, Schaum
v. - Schaum machen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. pl. - σαπουνόνερα, μπουγαδόνερα, αποπλύματα, (ΗΠΑ, καθομ.) μπίρα

Italiano (Italian)
saponata

Português (Portuguese)
n. pl. - espuma (f), cerveja (f)

Русский (Russian)
мыльная пена или вода

Español (Spanish)
n. pl. - jabonaduras
v. tr. - lavar en jabonaduras
v. intr. - formarse espuma

Svenska (Swedish)
n. pl. - såplödder, såpvatten, tvålvatten

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
肥皂水, 啤酒, 咖啡, 在肥皂水中洗, 形成起泡肥皂水

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. pl. - 肥皂水, 啤酒, 咖啡
v. tr. - 在肥皂水中洗
v. intr. - 形成起泡肥皂水

한국어 (Korean)
n. pl. - 비눗물, 비누 거품, 거품
v. tr. - 거품이 일다, 비눗물로 씻다
v. intr. - 거품이 일다, 비눗물로 씻다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 石鹸水, 石鹸泡, 石鹸の泡
v. - 泡立つ, 石鹸水で洗う

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الجمع) بيرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. pl. - ‮קצף-סבון, בועות-סבון, בירה (מדוברת, ארה"ב)‬
v. tr. - ‮יצר בועות-סבון‬
v. intr. - ‮רחץ או כיסה במים עם קצף-סבון‬


 
 
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