foam

Speech parts

1. foam - Noun

2. foam - Verb

Meaning

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.

To gather foam; to froth; as, the billows foam.

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.

To cause to foam; as,to foam the goblet; also (with out), to throw out with rage or violence, as foam.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fizz froth suds head sparkle bubble scum lather effervescence effervesce spume bubbles form bubbles IUD fume
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Antonyms

act tail extremity acquit artificial insemination assisted reproductive technology
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Hypernyms

material bubble stuff

Hyponyms

suds head styrofoam lather foam rubber seethe

Phrases with the word

foam at the mouth Sea foam all foam, no beer foam cake plastic foam foam plastic

Derivatives

foamed foaming

Anagrams

Foma

Examples

Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling. Dave Barry

Poetry must be as new as foam and as old as the rock. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Like the dew on the mountain, Like the foam on the river, Like the bubble on the fountain, Thou art gone, and for ever. Walter Scott

Lying in a featherbed will not bring you fame, nor staying beneath the quilt, and he who uses up his life without achieving fame leaves no more vestige of himself on earth than smoke in the air or foam upon the water. Dante Alighieri

Foam will always find its way to the shore. Zanzibar Proverb

Who falls in the water will hold on to the foam to save himself. Russian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

foalhood foaling foalish foam at mouth foam at the mouth foam bath