to effervesce
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8.2
- verb
- /ˌɛfərˈvɛs/
:
efervescer
- The soda began to effervesce as soon as I opened the bottle, filling the glass with foam.
- bubbles effervescing
Examples
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They are vaporized moisture, ice crystals, and they get out there in the atmosphere ... and then they effervesce and evaporate and then disappear and you can see them.
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It does effervesce.
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That's because they effervesce!
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The leader must effervesce with a sense of enthusiasm that sparkles with delight and pleasure, as opposed to being depressed or in pain, or even just being kind of flat.
Academic text (1996) -
He effervesces and shimmers in their glow.
Fiction book (1990) -
When you drop the tablet into the water, it will effervesce and create bubbles.
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As the mixture heated, it started to effervesce, releasing a pleasant aroma and fizzing vigorously.
Synonyms
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1.7
To become covered with small bubbles, like milk when heated
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3.0
To make small bubbles form on the surface of a liquid
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3.0
To form many small bubbles, as in champagne
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3.0
To make bubbles and a soft hissing sound in a liquid
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2.9
Make small round pockets of air inside or on a liquid
Full of small bubbles like fizzy water
How Fizzy
Surface Forms
Morphology
effervesce = ef + ferv + esce
The visible pieces are Latin combining forms (ef- + ferv- + -esce) that are not productive or semantically transparent to average learners, so the meaning cannot be derived from the components.
Etymology
Effervesce comes from Latin parts ex- 'out' and fervere 'to boil', giving the image of 'boiling out'. So to effervesce is to send out little bubbles and become fizzy, like champagne, or to show lively, bubbling energy.