spume

  • 21spume — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 22spume — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. spray, foam, scum; see froth . v. Syn. boil, ferment, foam; see bubble 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. foam, froth, fizz, cream, suds, lather, spindrift, scum. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun A mass of bubbles in or… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 23spume — see FOAM …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 24spume — spjuːm n. froth, foam v. cause to froth, make foam …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 25spume — n. Foam, froth, spray, scum …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 26spume — noun (U) literary foam 1 (1) that forms on the top of waves when the sea is rough …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27spume — UK [spjuːm] / US [spjum] noun [uncountable] literary a white mass of bubbles on the top of a wave …

    English dictionary

  • 28spume — [[t]spyum[/t]] v. spumed, spum•ing, n. 1) to foam; froth 2) foamy matter on a liquid; froth • Etymology: 1300–50; ME < L spūma foam, froth spu′mous, spum′y, adj …

    From formal English to slang

  • 29spume — /spjum / (say spyoohm) noun 1. foam; froth; scum. –verb (spumed, spuming) –verb (i) 2. to foam; froth. –verb (t) 3. to send forth as or like foam or froth. {Middle English, from Latin spūma} –spumous, spumy, adjective …

  • 30spume — see FOAM …

    Word origins

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