Definition of effervesce Effervesce

ef•fer•vesce

We found 8 definitions of effervesce from 5 different sources.

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What does effervesce mean?

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Verb

effervesces, effervescing, effervesced  

effervesce - become bubbly or frothy or foaming; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water"
  foam, froth, fizz, sparkle, form bubbles
  bubble form, produce, or emit bubbles; "The soup was bubbling"
  lather exude sweat or lather; "this unfit horse lathers easily"
  seethe boil vigorously; "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • effervesce (v. i.)
    To be in a state of natural ebullition; to bubble and hiss, as fermenting liquors, or any fluid, when some part escapes in a gaseous form.
  • effervesce (v. i.)
    To exhibit, in lively natural expression, feelings that can not be repressed or concealed; as, to effervesce with joy or merriment.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • effervesce
    ef-fėr-ves′, v.i. to boil up: to bubble and hiss: to froth up.—ns. Efferves′cence; Efferves′cency.—adjs. Efferves′cent, boiling or bubbling from the disengagement of gas; Efferves′cible. [L. effervescĕreex, inten., and fervēre, to boil.]

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  • effervesce, verb, present, 1st person singular of effervesce (infinitive).
  • effervesce, verb (infinitive).

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