effervesce
Pronunciations (2)
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/ˌɛf.əɹˈvɛs/
Pronunciation notes
- US
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ˌɛf.əɹˈvɛs
Pronunciation notes
- US
Verb
To emit small bubbles of dissolved gas; to froth or fizz.
Usage- Intransitive
- of a liquid
- Examples
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More examples (1)
After some remonstrances, she takes up a champagne bottle, but is frightened by the sudden explosion of the cork, and drops it upon the floor. There the untasted liquor effervesces.
To escape from solution in a liquid in the form of bubbles.
Usage- Intransitive
- of a gas
To show high spirits.
Usage- Figurative
- Intransitive
- of a person
Verb
become bubbly or frothy or foaming
- Synonyms
- Broader terms
- Examples
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The boiling soup was frothing
The river was foaming
More examples (1)
sparkling water
Word forms
effervesceseffervescingeffervescedeffervesced