foam
[ fohm ]
/ foʊm /
noun
verb (used without object)
to form or gather foam; emit foam; froth.
verb (used with object)
Idioms for 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
OTHER WORDS FROM foam
Words nearby foam
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fo,
fo'c's'le,
fo.,
foal,
foam,
foam at the mouth,
foam cell,
foam glass,
foam rubber,
foamed metal
Example sentences from the Web for foam
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, adjective foamlike, adjectiveWord Origin for foam
Old English
fām; related to Old High German
feim, Latin
spūma, Sanskrit
phena
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.