spume

from 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}]
    
from 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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from 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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from 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

    

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