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Foam

Foam Meaning & Definition
Foam Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Foam?

[n] a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid
[n] a lightweight material in cellular form; made by introducing gas bubbles during manufacture
[v] make froth, become bubbly; "The river foamed"
[v] of liquids; "The boiling soup was frothing"
[v] foam as if boiling; "a seething liquid"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Foam: effervesce | fizz | froth | froth | seethe | sparkle | spume | suds

Related Terms | Find terms related to Foam: acid | aerate | air | alabaster | automatic sprinkler | beat | blubber | boil | breakers | breeze | bubble | bubbles | butter | carbon tet | carbon tetrachloride | carbonation | carbon-dioxide foam | 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 | Foamite | 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

See Also | bubble | bubble | create | foam rubber | head | lather | lather | make | material | shaving foam | soapsuds | spume | stuff | Styrofoam | suds | white water

Foam In Webster's Dictionary

\Foam\, n. [OE. fam, fom, AS. f?m; 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. {Foam cock}, in steam boilers, a cock at the water level, to blow off impurities.
\Foam\, v.i. [imp. & p. p. {Foamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foaming}.] [AS. f?man. See {Foam}, n.] 1. To gather foam; to froth; as, the billows foam. He foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth. --Mark ix. 18. 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.
\Foam\, 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.

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