spume
verb (used with object)
to eject or discharge as or like foam or froth; spew (often followed byforth ).
spumed
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past participleof spume.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof spume.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
spumeverb (used with object)to eject or discharge as or like foam or froth; spew (often followed byforth ).
Example Sentences
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At the stroke of 10, gray fog spumed across the turnstiles.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2014
As the carrier's five destroyer escorts closed in and depth charges spumed up, the submarine jammed her diving planes into the down position.
From Time Magazine Archive
As the sullen waters spumed in white fury along the Great Barrier Reef, steely, hidden fingers of coral dug into the bottom of the Endeavour and the hearts of every man aboard.
From Time Magazine Archive
He drove a battered 1974 Plymouth and spumed the new $1.3 million Governor's mansion, living alone in a $400-a-month apartment.
From Time Magazine Archive
The huge engine of the Cadillac roared; white smoke spumed from the tailpipe.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
