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spume
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun spume has 1 sense
- spume(n = noun.object) Array - foam or froth on the sea; Array is a kind of foam, froth
Derived forms verb spume1, adjective spumy1
Verb spume has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
Frothy matter raised on liquids by boiling, effervescence, or agitation; froth; foam; scum. [1913 Webster]
"Materials dark and crude,
Of spiritous and fiery spume." [1913 Webster]
Of spiritous and fiery spume." [1913 Webster]
spume, v. i. [L. spumare.].
To froth; to foam. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
spume, n. & v.intr. froth, foam.
Derivative
spumous adj. spumy adj. (spumier, spumiest).
Etymology
ME f. OF (e)spume or L spuma
THESAURUS
spume
aerate, air, beat, breakers, bubble, chaff, chip, cobweb, collar, cork, cream, down, dust, ether, fairy, feather, flue, fluff, foam, froth, fuzz, gossamer, head, lather, mantle, meringue, mote, mousse, offscum, plash, puff, scud, scum, sea foam, shower, slosh, soapsuds, souffle, sparge, spatter, spindrift, splash, splatter, sponge, spoondrift, spray, sprinkle, stinging, straw, sud, suds, surf, swash, thistledown, whip, whisk, white water, yeastROGET THESAURUS
spume
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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