suds
[ suhdz ]
/ sʌdz /
noun (used with a plural verb)
verb (used with object)
to wash with soap or detergent (often followed by out): to suds out a pair of socks.
Origin of suds
OTHER WORDS FROM suds
suds·a·ble, adjective non·suds·ing, adjectiveWords nearby suds
sudoriferous,
sudoriferous gland,
sudorific,
sudoriparous,
sudra,
suds,
sudser,
sudsy,
sue,
suede,
suent
Example sentences from the Web for sudsing
If more water is needed in the boiler for the last clothes dip it from the sudsing tub.
Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians |William K. DavidThat hell aloft was sudsing fast to us, and I was dancing inside to do something beside wait for a drowning.
Plain Mary Smith |Henry Wallace Phillips
British Dictionary definitions for sudsing
suds
/ (sʌdz) /
pl n
the bubbles on the surface of water in which soap, detergents, etc, have been dissolved; lather
soapy water
slang, mainly US and Canadian
beer or the bubbles floating on it
Derived forms of suds
sudsy, adjectiveWord Origin for suds
C16: probably from Middle Dutch
sudse marsh; related to Middle Low German
sudde swamp; see
seethe