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spume

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spume  (spym)
n.
Foam or froth on a liquid, as on the sea.
intr.v. spumed, spum·ing, spumes
To froth or foam.

[Middle English, from Old French espume, from Latin spma.]

spumous, spumy adj.

spume [spjuːm]
n
foam or surf, esp on the sea; froth
vb
(intr) to foam or froth
[from Old French espume, from Latin spūma; related to spuere to spew]
spumous , spumy adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.spume - foam or froth on the sea
foam, froth - a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid; "the beer had a thick head of foam"
Verb1.spume - make froth or foam and become bubbly; "The river foamed"
create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"
Translations
spume [spjuːm] N (liter) → espuma f
spume
n (liter)Gischt m


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A few more yards, and my brains had floated with the spume.
Chattering young things about me, with nothing but foam and spume in their heads, on their tongues, would drive me mad.
A bluff cape to the north and a long spit to the south marked the mouth of the noble river, with a low-lying island of silted sand in the centre, all shrouded and curtained by the spume of the breakers.
 
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