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foam

  [fohm]
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–noun
1. a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.: foam on a glass of beer.
2. the froth of perspiration, caused by great exertion, formed on the skin of a horse or other animal.
3. froth formed from saliva in the mouth, as in epilepsy and rabies.
4. a thick frothy substance, as shaving cream.
5. (in firefighting)
a. a chemically produced substance that smothers the flames on a burning liquid by forming a layer of minute, stable, heat-resistant bubbles on the liquid's surface.
b. the layer of bubbles so formed.
6. a dispersion of gas bubbles in a solid, as foam glass, foam rubber, polyfoam, or foamed metal.
7. Literary. the sea.
–verb (used without object)
8. to form or gather foam; emit foam; froth.
–verb (used with object)
9. to cause to foam.
10. to cover with foam; apply foam to: to foam a runway before an emergency landing.
11. to insulate with foam.
12. to make (plastic, metal, etc.) into a foam.
—Idiom
13. foam at the mouth, to be extremely or uncontrollably angry.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME fom, OE fām; c. G Feim

Related forms:
foam⋅a⋅ble, adjective
foamer, noun
foam⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
foamless, adjective
foamlike, adjective

Synonyms:
1. froth, spume, head, fizz; scum.
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foam   (fōm)   
n.  

    1. A mass of bubbles of air or gas in a matrix of liquid film, especially an accumulation of fine, frothy bubbles formed in or on the surface of a liquid, as from agitation or fermentation.

    2. A thick chemical froth, such as shaving cream or a substance used to fight fires.

    3. Frothy saliva produced especially as a result of physical exertion or a pathological condition.

    4. The frothy sweat of a horse or other equine animal.

    1. Frothy saliva produced especially as a result of physical exertion or a pathological condition.

    2. The frothy sweat of a horse or other equine animal.

  3. The sea.

  4. Any of various light, porous, semirigid or spongy materials used for thermal insulation or shock absorption, as in packaging.

v.   foamed, foam·ing, foams

v.   intr.

  1. To produce or issue as foam; froth.

    1. To produce foam from the mouth, as from exertion or a pathological condition.

    2. To be extremely angry; rage: was foaming over the disastrous budget cuts.

  3. To teem; seethe: a playground foaming with third graders.

v.   tr.

  1. To cause to produce foam.

  2. To cause to become foam.


[Middle English fom, from Old English fām.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
foam

  1. n.
    beer. : All the guy thinks about is foam.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

foam  (n.)
O.E. fam "foam, saliva froth," from W.Gmc. *faima (cf. O.H.G. veim, Ger. Feim), from PIE *poim(n)o- (cf. Skt. phenah; L. pumex "pumice," spuma "foam;" O.C.S. pena "foam;" Lith. spaine "a streak of foam"). The verb is from O.E. famgian "to foam." The rubber or plastic variety so called from 1937.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: foam
Pronunciation: 'fOm
Function: noun
: a light frothy mass of fine bubbles formed in or on the surface of a liquid foamfor contraceptive use> —foam verb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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