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écumer.

to foam, foam up, froth, froth up

6 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/e.ky.me/
  1. to foam, foam up, froth, froth up

    intransitive
  2. to lather (as of a horse)

    intransitive
  3. to unfoam, remove foam from

    transitive
  4. to take the scum off

    transitive
  5. to skim

    transitive
  6. to scour (shops, etc., looking for something)

    figuratively
  7. to grift (to skim off profits etc.)

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French escumer, from Old French escumer. By surface analysis, écume + -er.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.