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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. foam or froth on the sea;


VERB (1)

1. make froth or foam and become bubbly;
- Example: "The river foamed"
[syn: froth, spume, suds]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Spume \Spume\ (sp[=u]m), n. [L. spuma. Cf. Pumice, Spoom.] Frothy matter raised on liquids by boiling, effervescence, or agitation; froth; foam; scum. [1913 Webster] Materials dark and crude, Of spiritous and fiery spume. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Spume \Spume\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Spumed (sp[=u]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Spuming.] [L. spumare.] To froth; to foam. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

spume n 1: foam or froth on the sea v 1: make froth or foam and become bubbly; "The river foamed" [syn: froth, spume, suds]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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