SPUME

spume

(noun) foam or froth on the sea

froth, spume, suds

(verb) make froth or foam and become bubbly; “The river foamed”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

spume (countable and uncountable, plural spumes)

Foam or froth of liquid, particularly that of seawater.

Verb

spume (third-person singular simple present spumes, present participle spuming, simple past and past participle spumed)

To froth.

Anagrams

• pumse

Source: Wiktionary

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Spume, n. Etym: [L. spuma. Cf. Pumice, Spoom.]

Definition: Frothy matter raised on liquids by boiling, effervescence, or agitation; froth; foam; scum. Materials dark and crude, Of spiritous and fiery spume. Milton.

Spume, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Spumed; p. pr. & vb. n. Spuming.] Etym: [L. spumare.]

Definition: To froth; to foam.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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