spume (redirected from spuming)

spume  (spym)

n.

Foam or froth on a liquid, as on the sea.

intr.v. spumed, spum·ing, spumes

To froth or foam.

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

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spumous, spumy adj.

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spume

Noun

Literary

foam or froth on the sea

Verb

[spuming, spumed]

(of the sea) to foam or froth [Latin spuma]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	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"
Verb	1.	spume - make froth or foam and become bubbly; "The river foamed" froth, suds create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"