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
fnma,
fo,
fo'c's'le,
fo.,
foal,
foam,
foam at the mouth,
foam cell,
foam glass,
foam rubber,
foamed metal
British Dictionary definitions for foam at the mouth
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 at the mouth
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.
Idioms and Phrases with foam at the mouth
foam at the mouth
Be extremely angry, as in She was foaming at the mouth over the judge's ruling. This hyperbolic term uses the verb foam in the sense of “froth at the mouth,” a usage generally applied to animals such as horses and dating from about a.d. 950. [1400s]