| Main Entry: | spume |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | froth |
Synonyms: |
foam, scum, spray, suds |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | foam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bubbles formed from a liquid |
Synonyms: |
cream, fluff, froth, head, lather, scum, spray, spume, suds, surf, yeast |
| Main Entry: | froth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lather, bubbles |
Synonyms: |
barm, ebullition, effervescence, fizz, foam, head, scud, scum, spindrift, spray, spume, suds, yeast |
| Main Entry: | lather |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bubbles |
Synonyms: |
cream, foam, froth, head, soap, soapsuds, spume, suds, yeast |
| Main Entry: | scum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | superficial impurities, dirt |
Synonyms: |
algae, crust, dross, film, froth, residue, scruff, spume, waste |
Antonyms: |
cleanliness |
| Main Entry: | yeast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foam |
Synonyms: |
froth, lather, spume |
| Main Entry: | foam |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
afoam, bubbling, effervescent, frothy, nappy, sparkling, spumescent, spumous, vaporous
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| Concept: | [Mixture of air and water] Bubble. [Cloud.] |
| Category: | 3. IMPERFECT FLUIDS |
Synonyms: |
-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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