Definition

1. Noun:

   • Foam or froth on the sea: A mass of white bubbles formed on the surface of the sea or other turbulent water.

2. Verb:

   • To make froth or foam and become bubbly: To produce or form a mass of white bubbles, especially on water.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • The strong wind whipped the ocean waves into white spume.
  • We watched the spume from the waterfall drift through the air.

• Verb:

  • The churning water began to spume against the rocks.
  • When you shake the bottle, the liquid inside will spume.

Advanced Usage

• "spume up": To rise or form as foam.
  • The chemical reaction caused the mixture to spume up and overflow the beaker.

Variants and Related Words

• Spumous (adj): Resembling or consisting of froth or foam.
  • The spumous texture of the ocean spray was beautiful.

Synonyms

• Foam (n/v): A mass of small bubbles formed on or in liquid.
• Froth (n/v): A mass of small bubbles in liquid caused by agitation, fermentation, etc.
• Lather (n/v): A frothy white mass of bubbles produced by soap or a similar substance when mixed with water.
• Suds (n): Froth made from soap and water.

Related Phrases

• To be covered in spume: To have foam or froth on the surface.
  • The beach was covered in spume after the storm.

Notes on Meaning

• The word spume is most commonly associated with the foam created by the sea or a large body of turbulent water. While it can be used as a verb, its noun form is more frequent in modern usage. It often carries a poetic or descriptive connotation.

Noun

1. foam or froth on the sea

Verb

1. make froth or foam and become bubbly
   • The river foamed