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despume

/dɪˈspjuːm/

despume verb: to free from spume, foam or scum.

Verb

despume (third-person singular simple present despumes, present participle despuming, simple past and past participle despumed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To free from spume, foam or scum.
    • The Honey must first be cocted in water, and despumed; then must the Vinegar be by little and little adjected1657, Jean de Renou, translated by Rich Tomlinson, A Medicinal Dispensatory: Containing the Whole Body of Physick : Discovering the Natures, Properties, and Vertues of Vegetables, Minerals, & Animals

despume meaning in Bengali

despume in Bengali

ফেনা, গাদ মুক্ত করা

Forms of despume

third-person singular presentdespumes
present participledespuming
past participledespumed
pastdespumed

Origin of despume

Inherited from Middle English despumen, either borrowed from Old French despumer or Latin dēspūmō. Doublet of despumate.

Questions about despume

What does despume mean?
Despume means to free from spume, foam or scum.
What is despume in Bengali?
Despume in Bengali is ফেনা, গাদ মুক্ত করা. See Despume meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is despume?
Despume is a verb.
How do you pronounce despume?
Despume is pronounced /dɪˈspjuːm/.
What is the past tense of despume?
The past tense of despume is despumed.

Words near despume in the dictionary

  1. despumated
  2. despumates
  3. despumating
  4. despumation
  5. despumations
  6. despume
  7. despumed
  8. despuming
  9. despun
  10. desquamate
  11. desquamated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: despume (page history and authors); despume (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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