"foam" Definition

Definitions for the word "foam" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
To gather foam; to froth; as, the billows foam.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v.t.
To cause to foam; as,to foam the goblet; also (with out), to throw out with rage or violence, as foam.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
1 mass of small bubbles formed on or in liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc. 2 froth of saliva or sweat. 3 substance resembling these, e.g. Spongy rubber or plastic. v. Emit or run with foam; froth. foam at the mouth be very angry. foamy adj. (-ier, -iest). [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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