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effervescing

effervescing is the present participle and gerund of effervesce.

Meaning of effervesce

Verb

effervesce (third-person singular simple present effervesces, present participle effervescing, simple past and past participle effervesced)

  1. (intransitive) To emit small bubbles of dissolved gas; to froth or fizz.
    • 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.1846, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The New Adam and Eve”, in Mosses from an Old Manse
  2. (intransitive) To escape from solution in a liquid in the form of bubbles.
  3. (figuratively, intransitive) To show high spirits.

Noun

effervescing (plural effervescings)

  1. effervescence
    • I took up the 'Christian Scientist' book and read half of it, then took a dipperful of drench and read the other half. The resulting experiences were full of interest and adventure. All through the rumblings and grindings and quakings and effervescings accompanying the evolution of the ache into...1899, Mark Twain, “Christian Science and the Book of Mrs. Eddy”, in The Cosmopolitan, vol. 27 May-Oct

Forms of effervescing

pluraleffervescings

Questions about effervescing

What does effervescing mean?
Effervescing means effervescence.
What is effervescing the present participle and gerund of?
Effervescing is the present participle and gerund of effervesce.
What part of speech is effervescing?
Effervescing is a noun.
What is the plural of effervescing?
The plural of effervescing is effervescings.

Words near effervescing in the dictionary

  1. effervescent tablet
  2. effervescent tablets
  3. effervescently
  4. effervesces
  5. effervescible
  6. effervescing
  7. effervescingly
  8. effervescings
  9. effervescive
  10. effet
  11. effete

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