Spume

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spume \Spume\ (sp[=u]m), n. [L. spuma. Cf. {Pumice}, {Spoom}.]
     Frothy matter raised on liquids by boiling, effervescence, or
     agitation; froth; foam; scum.
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           Materials dark and crude,


           Of spiritous and fiery spume.            --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spume \Spume\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Spumed} (sp[=u]md); p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Spuming}.] [L. spumare.]
     To froth; to foam.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spume
       n : foam or froth on the sea
       v : make froth or foam and become bubbly; "The river foamed"
           [syn: {froth}, {suds}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  58 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, yeast