suds

CEFRC1

/sʌdz/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A mass of bubbles made by soap or detergent.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    To cover with, or as if with, soapsuds.

Examples

  • It's unusual for this brand of soap not to make suds well.

  • We sudsed the car before washing it down until it gleamed like new.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. Lather; foam or froth formed by mixing soap and water.

More examples

In context

  • We went out for some pizza and suds.

  • I don't see suds.

  • Mrs Durbeyfield, excited by her song, trod the rocker with all the spring that was left in her after a long day's seething in the suds.

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Origin

noun

From the plural of sud, a variant of sod (“a bubbling or boiling”), equivalent to sud + -s. Related to seethe.