spumy
/spju'mesnt/ Cách viết khác : (spumous) /'spju:məs/ (spumy) /'spju:mi/
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Definition
Adjective: - Having the appearance or consistency of froth or foam; full of or covered with bubbles. Describes something that produces or is filled with many small bubbles, often due to agitation, fermentation, or carbonation, giving it a light, frothy, or foamy texture.
Usage
The word "spumy" is a descriptive adjective, typically used in literary, poetic, or technical contexts to vividly depict a frothy, bubbling substance. It is not common in everyday conversation. - It is used to describe liquids that are actively producing or are covered with a head of foam. - It can describe surfaces, like waves or shores, that are covered with or resemble foam.
Examples
- The spumy wake of the speedboat trailed behind it on the lake.
- She poured the spumy mixture from the blender into a tall glass.
- The spumy head on the freshly poured beer slowly settled.
- The storm churned the sea into a spumy, turbulent mass.
Advanced Usage
- Descriptive/Literary Use: "Spumy" is often favored in poetry and descriptive prose for its evocative sound and imagery, more so than the common synonyms "foamy" or "frothy."
- The poet described the waterfall's base as a spumy cauldron.
Variants and Related Words
- Spume (noun/verb): As a noun, it means froth or foam, especially on the sea. As a verb, it means to froth or foam.
- Noun: The spume from the crashing waves coated the rocks.
- Verb: The turbulent waters spumed against the hull.
- Spumous (adjective): An alternate adjective form with the same meaning as "spumy."
- The spumous liquid overflowed from the test tube.
Synonyms
- Foamy: Full of or resembling foam.
- Frothy: Consisting of or covered with a mass of small bubbles.
- Bubbly: Full of bubbles.
- Effervescent: (Of a liquid) giving off bubbles; fizzy.
Antonyms
- Flat: (Of a carbonated drink) having lost its effervescence.
- Still: (Of a drink) not effervescent.
- Clear: Free of cloudiness, bubbles, or froth.
Adjective
- emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation
- bubbling champagne
- foamy (or frothy) beer