I. ˈspyüm noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French espume, spume, from Latin spuma — more at foam
: frothy matter raised on liquids by boiling, effervescence, or agitation : froth , foam , scum
shore encumbered by rain-washed boulders and ruffed with sea spume — Han Suyin
swung down the gleaming incline while long feathers of spume streamed out behind his boots — J.R.Ullman
spat forth among men a spume of things impure — H.O.Taylor
II. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
intransitive verb
: froth , foam
a waterfall … steaming and spuming among the pebbles — Frederic Prokosch
the yellow bench of reef spuming with surf — John Dos Passos
transitive verb
: to discharge or spout (something) like froth or foam — often used with forth
volcanoes spume forth fire and lava