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SPUME

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Foam or froth on the sea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("spume" is a kind of...):

foam; froth (a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid)

Derivation:

spume (make froth or foam and become bubbly)

spumy (emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make froth or foam and become bubbly

Example:

The river foamed

Synonyms:

froth; spume; suds

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "spume" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

spume (foam or froth on the sea)

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