spume Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun foam or froth on the sea
  2. verb make froth or foam and become bubbly
    froth; suds.
    • The river foamed

WordNet

Spume noun
Etymology
L. spuma. Cf. Pumice, Spoom.
Definitions
  1. Frothy matter raised on liquids by boiling, effervescence, or agitation; froth; foam; scum.
    Materials dark and crude, Of spiritous and fiery spume. Milton.
Spume intransitive verb
Etymology
L. spumare.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Spumed ; present participle & verbal noun Spuming
Definitions
  1. To froth; to foam.

Webster 1913