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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
foam \foam\ f=om, v. t.
to cause to foam; as, to foam the goblet; also with out, to
throw out with rage or violence, as foam. "foaming out their
own shame." --jude 13.
1913 webster
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
foam \foam\ f=om, n. oe. fam, fom, as. f=am; akin to ohg.
g. feim.
the white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles,
which is formed on the surface of liquids, or in the mouth of
an animal, by violent agitation or fermentation; froth;
spume; scum; as, the foam of the sea.
1913 webster
foam cock, in steam boilers, a cock at the water level, to
blow off impurities.
1913 webster
see also:
foam cock
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
foam \foam\ f=om, v. i. imp. p. p. foamed f=omd; p.
pr. vb. n. foaming. as. f=aeman. see foam, n.
1. to gather foam; to froth; as, the billows foam.
1913 webster
he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth. --mark ix.
18.
1913 webster
2. to form foam, or become filled with foam; -- said of a
steam boiler when the water is unduly agitated and frothy,
as because of chemical action.
1913 webster
see also:
foamed foaming foam
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
foam
n 1: a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid syn: froth
2: a lightweight material in cellular form; made by introducing
gas bubbles during manufacture
v : form bubbles; "the boiling soup was frothing"; "the river
was foaming"; "sparkling water" syn: froth, fizz, effervesce,
sparkle
see also:
froth fizz effervesce sparkle
- [5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
151 moby thesaurus words for "foam":
foamite, acid, aerate, air, alabaster, automatic sprinkler, beat,
blubber, boil, breakers, breeze, bubble, bubbles, butter,
carbon tet, carbon tetrachloride, carbon-dioxide foam, carbonation,
chaff, chalk, chip, churn, clay, cobweb, collar, cork, cream,
cushion, deck gun, deluge set, dough, down, dribble, drivel,
driven snow, drool, dust, effervescence, eiderdown, ether,
expectoration, extinguisher, fairy, feather, feather bed, feathers,
ferment, fire apparatus, fire engine, fire hose, fire hydrant,
fireplug, fizz, fleece, floss, flour, flue, fluff,
foam extinguisher, froth, fume, fuzz, gossamer, head,
hook-and-ladder, ivory, kapok, ladder pipe, lather, lily, maggot,
mantle, meringue, milk, mote, mousse, mouth-watering, offscum,
paper, pearl, pillow, plash, plush, ptyalism, pudding, puff,
pumper, putty, rubber, saliva, salivation, satin, scud, scum,
sea foam, seethe, sheet, shower, sialagogue, silk, silver, simmer,
slabber, slaver, slobber, slosh, snorkel, snow, soapsuds, soda,
souffle, sparge, sparkle, spatter, spindrift, spit, spittle,
splash, splatter, sponge, spoondrift, spray, sprinkle, sprinkler,
sprinkler head, sprinkler system, spume, sputum, stew, stinging,
stir, straw, sud, suds, super-pumper, surf, swan, swansdown, swash,
thistledown, velvet, water, water cannon, wax, wet blanket, whip,
whisk, white water, wool, yeast, zephyr
- [6] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
foam
hos. 10:7, the rendering of _ketseph_, which properly means
twigs or splinters as rendered in the lxx. and marg. r.v.. the
expression in hosea may therefore be read, "as a chip on the
face of the water," denoting the helplessness of the piece of
wood as compared with the irresistable current.
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