EFFERVESCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they effervesce ... he / she / it effervesces

Past simple: effervesced

Past participle: effervesced

-ing form: effervescing

Meaning:

Become bubbly or frothy or foaming

Example:

sparkling water

Synonyms:

effervesce; fizz; foam; form bubbles; froth; sparkle

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "effervesce" is one way to...):

bubble (form, produce, or emit bubbles)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "effervesce"):

lather (form a lather)

seethe (foam as if boiling)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

effervescence (the property of giving off bubbles)

effervescence (the process of bubbling as gas escapes)

effervescent ((of a liquid) giving off bubbles)

effervescent (used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide)