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to suds

1 5.3

To form bubbles and foam in a liquid

verb
/sʌdz/

: hacer espuma

When the soap is mixed with water, it will suds rapidly, creating bubbles.

Examples

Make sure to suds up your hands thoroughly before washing them.
It doesn't foam, it doesn't set up, suds up, suds up.
The chef instructed the kids to suds the dishes before rinsing them.

Synonyms

to foam

vsto suds

12 1.7

To become covered with small bubbles, like milk when heated

emphasizes both making bubbles and then becoming bubbly

to froth

vsto suds

7 3.0

To make small bubbles form on the surface of a liquid

also covers the resulting bubbly state as well

to foam up

vsto suds

2 2.8

To become covered with bubbles

is used for both producing bubbles and becoming bubbly

to form bubbles

vsto suds

1 2.9

Make small round pockets of air inside or on a liquid

focuses more on making the pockets than the overall bubbly result

to spume

vsto suds

Literature

1 9.1

To form foam on the top of a liquid

is broader, applying to producing bubbles in other situations too

How Frothy

to lather

9 3.1

to suds

1 5.3

to foam

12 1.7

to bubble

46 1.0

Surface Forms

suds infinitive

sudded past

sudded past participle

sudding present participle

suds third person singular

Etymology

To suds (verb) comes from the noun for foam and simply means to make that 'foam' or become bubbly, like when you shake soap and it 'suds up'. So the verb keeps the same idea of making bubbles or foam.