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SUDS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The froth produced by soaps or detergents

Synonyms:

lather; soapsuds; suds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

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)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make froth or foam and become bubbly

Example:

The river foamed

Synonyms:

froth; spume; suds

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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)

Sense 2

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)

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