| Main Entry: | bubble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | globule of air |
Synonyms: |
air ball, balloon, barm, bead, blister, blob, drop, droplet, effervescence, foam, froth, lather, sac, spume, vesicle |
| Main Entry: | bubble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | foam, froth up, especially with sound |
Synonyms: |
boil, burble, churn, eddy, effervesce, erupt, fester, fizz, gurgle, gush, issue, moil, murmur, percolate, ripple, seep, seethe, simmer, smolder, sparkle, spume, stir, swash, trickle, well |
| Concept: | [Mixture of air and water] Bubble. [Cloud.] |
| Category: | 3. IMPERFECT FLUIDS |
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-nouns
bubble, foam, froth, head, spume, lather, suds, spray, surf, yeast, barm, spindrift., cloud, vapor, fog, mist, haze, steam, geyser; scud, messenger, rack, nimbus; cumulus, woolpack, cirrus, stratus; cirrostratus, cumulostratus; cirrocumulus; mackerel sky, mare's tale, dirty sky; curl cloud; frost smoke; thunderhead., [Science of clouds] nephelognosy; nephograph, nephology., effervescence, fermentation; bubbling., nebula; cloudliness (opacity); nebulosity (dimness).
-verbs
bubble, boil, foam, froth, mantle, sparkle, guggle, gurgle; effervesce, ferment, fizzle.
-adjectives
bubbling; frothy, nappy, effervescent, sparkling, mousseux, up., cloudy; thunderheaded; vaporous, nebulous, overcast.
-phrases
"the lowring element scowls o'er the darkened landscip" [Paradise Lost].
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| Main Entry: | bead |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | droplet, blob |
Synonyms: |
bean, bubble, dab, dot, driblet, drop, globule, grain, particle, pea, pellet, pill, shot, speck, spherule, stone |
| Main Entry: | blister |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swelling |
Synonyms: |
abscess, blain, bleb, boil, bubble, bulla, burn, canker, carbuncle, cyst, furuncle, pimple, pustule, sac, sore, ulcer, vesication, vesicle, wale, weal, welt, wheal |
| Main Entry: | blob |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drop, spot |
Synonyms: |
ball, bead, blot, blotch, bubble, dab, daub, dot, droplet, glob, globule, splash, splotch |
| Main Entry: | boil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | heat to bubbling |
Synonyms: |
agitate, bubble, churn, coddle, cook, decoct, effervesce, evaporate, fizz, foam, froth, parboil, poach, seethe, simmer, smolder, steam, steep, stew |
Antonyms: |
freeze |
| Main Entry: | chimera |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dream, fantasy |
Synonyms: |
bogy, bubble, delusion, fabrication, fancy, fata morgana, figment, fool's paradise, hallucination, ignis fatuus, illusion, mirage, monster, monstrosity, pipe dream, rainbow*, snare, specter, virtual reality |
Antonyms: |
reality, truth |
| Main Entry: | churn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mix up, beat |
Synonyms: |
agitate, boil, bubble, convulse, ferment, foam, froth, jolt, moil, seethe, simmer, stir up, swirl, toss |
| Main Entry: | dome |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arched part of ceiling |
Synonyms: |
arcade, arch, bubble, bulge, covering, cupola, mosque, roof, span, top, vault |