Thesaurus: effervesce

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1. v. i. To be in a state of natural ebullition; to bubble and hiss, as fermenting liquors, or any fluid, when some part escapes in a gaseous form.
2. v. i. To exhibit, in lively natural expression, feelings that can not be repressed or concealed; as, to effervesce with joy or merriment.
3. v. become bubbly or frothy or foaming
4. 1. To be in a state of natural ebullition; to bubble and hiss, as fermenting liquors, or any fluid, when some part escapes in a gaseous form. 2. To exhibit, in lively natural expression, feelings that can not be repressed or concealed; as, to effervesce with joy or merriment.
5. A kind of natural ebullition; that commotion of a fluid whichtakes place when some part of the mass flies off in a gaseous form,producing innumerable small bubbles; as, the effervescence of acarbonate with citric acid.
6. v become bubbly or frothy or foaming