foam
[ fohm ]
/ foʊm /
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noun
verb (used without object)
to form or gather foam; emit foam; froth.
verb (used with object)
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Idioms about foam
foam at the mouth, to be extremely or uncontrollably angry.
Origin of foam
before 900; Middle English fom,Old English fām; cognate with German Feim
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British Dictionary definitions for foam
foam
/ (fəʊm) /
noun
verb
to produce or cause to produce foam; froth
(intr) to be very angry (esp in the phrase foam at the mouth)
Derived forms of foam
foamless, adjectivefoamlike, adjectiveWord Origin for foam
Old English fām; related to Old High German feim, Latin spūma, Sanskrit phena
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Scientific definitions for foam
foam
[ fōm ]
Small, frothy bubbles formed in or on the surface of a liquid, as from fermentation or shaking.
A colloid in which particles of a gas are dispersed throughout a liquid. Compare aerosol emulsion.
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