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[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.
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Materials dark and crude,
Of spiritous and fiery spume. --Milton.
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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.
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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