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sudoriferous gland | sudorific | sudoriparous | sudorous | sudra | suds | sudsy | sue | suede | suede cloth | suede glove

suds

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Noun Plural

CIDE DICTIONARY

sudsn. pl. [Akin to sodden, seethe. See Seethe.].
     Water impregnated with soap, esp. when worked up into bubbles and froth.  [1913 Webster]
In the suds, in turmoil or difficulty. [Colloq.] Beau. & Fl.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

suds, n. & v.
--n.pl.
1 froth of soap and water.
2 US colloq. beer.
--v.
1 intr. form suds.
2 tr. lather, cover, or wash in soapy water.

Derivative
sudsy adj.
Etymology
orig. = fen waters etc., of uncert. orig.: cf. MDu., MLG sudde, MDu. sudse marsh, bog, prob. rel. to SEETHE

THESAURUS

suds

aerate, barmy beer, beat, beer, blues, breakers, collar, court, cream, dinge, dumps, foam, froth, gloom, head, heavy-heartedness, lather, make suit to, make up to, mantle, meringue, mopes, mousse, offscum, puff, pursue, scud, scum, sea foam, small beer, soapsuds, souffle, spark, spindrift, spoondrift, spray, spume, stinging, sud, surf, sweetheart, swipes, unhappiness, whip, whisk, white water, woo, yeast

ROGET THESAURUS

suds

Bubble

N bubble; cloud, bubble, foam, froth, head, spume, lather, suds, spray, surf, yeast, barm, spindrift, cloud, vapor, fog, mist, haze, steam, geyser, scud, messenger, rack, nimbus, cumulus, woolpack, cirrus, stratus, cirrostratus, cumulostratus, cirrocumulus, mackerel sky, mare's tale, dirty sky, curl cloud, frost smoke, thunderhead, nephelognosy, nephograph, nephology, effervescence, fermentation, bubbling, nebula, cloudliness, nebulosity, bubbling, frothy, nappy, effervescent, sparkling, mousseux, frothy, up, cloudy, thunderheaded, vaporous, nebulous, overcast, the lowring element scowls o'er the darkened lands.


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