Definitions
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- verb Present participle of
effervesce .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation
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Examples
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The plate is in front of you and you feel the cheese still going under effervescing sauce bubbles, the air molecules condensing helplessly against the root beer glass.
Meal Kshiti Vaghela 2011
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“The whip which lashed the Detroit Tigers into submission …will be cracked by those effervescing Dean brothers in an exhibition at Muehlebach Field tonight,” enthused the Star.54
Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010
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“The whip which lashed the Detroit Tigers into submission …will be cracked by those effervescing Dean brothers in an exhibition at Muehlebach Field tonight,” enthused the Star.54
Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010
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“The whip which lashed the Detroit Tigers into submission …will be cracked by those effervescing Dean brothers in an exhibition at Muehlebach Field tonight,” enthused the Star.54
Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010
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Spread-eagled on her back, she watched effervescing foam dance, climb, fall, build up and collapse in fractal clouds.
Who Do You Say I Am 2010
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“The whip which lashed the Detroit Tigers into submission …will be cracked by those effervescing Dean brothers in an exhibition at Muehlebach Field tonight,” enthused the Star.54
Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010
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That's why the effervescing pills (i.e., pills like Alka Seltzer tablets) would be helpful.
Soluble Calcium Supplement Steve Carper 2008
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She filled her mouth with the chilled champagne and kissed him, the wine effervescing as their tongues intertwined.
The seduction Siren of Brixton 2010
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The morning after my birthday, I was effervescing over breakfast about the glories of the previous day, chiefly my impending ensemble, when my wife asked if I'd noticed how much clothing had been on my mind lately.
Alfred Gingold: My Birthday Suit II: The Windmills of Your Wardrobe 2008
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Washington itself will remain what it has been--not a Babylon that corrupts our pure-hearted right-wingers but the very seat of their Industry Conservatism, constantly seething and effervescing, with tens of thousands of individuals coming and going, each avidly piling up his own tidy pile but between them engaged in an awesome common project.
Thomas Frank on Industry Conservatism Jim Horn 2008
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