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froth

  [frawth, froth]
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–noun
1. an aggregation of bubbles, as on an agitated liquid or at the mouth of a hard-driven horse; foam; spume.
2. a foam of saliva or fluid resulting from disease.
3. something unsubstantial, trivial, or evanescent: The play was a charming bit of froth.
–verb (used with object)
4. to cover with froth: giant waves frothing the sand.
5. to cause to foam: to froth egg whites with a whisk.
6. to emit like froth: a demagogue frothing his hate.
–verb (used without object)
7. to give out froth; foam: frothing at the mouth.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME frothe < ON frotha froth, scum

Related forms:
froth⋅⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
3. triviality, frivolity, fluff, nonsense.
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froth   (frôth, frŏth)   
n.  
  1. A mass of bubbles in or on a liquid; foam.
  2. Salivary foam released as a result of disease or exhaustion.
  3. Something unsubstantial or trivial.
  4. A fit of resentment or vexation: was in a froth over the long delay.
v.   also (frôth, frŏth) frothed, froth·ing, froths

v.   tr.
  1. To cover with foam.
  2. To cause to foam.
v.   intr.
To exude or expel foam.

[Middle English, from Old Norse frodha.]
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Froth

Froth\, n. [OE. frothe, Icel. fro[eth]a; akin to Dan. fraade, Sw. fradga, AS. [=a]freo[eth]an to froth.]

1. The bubbles caused in fluids or liquors by fermentation or agitation; spume; foam; esp., a spume of saliva caused by disease or nervous excitement.

2. Any empty, senseless show of wit or eloquence; rhetoric without thought. --Johnson.

It was a long speech, but all froth. --L'Estrange.

3. Light, unsubstantial matter. --Tusser.

Froth insect (Zo["o]l.), the cuckoo spit or frog hopper; -- called also froth spit, froth worm, and froth fly.

Froth spit. See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo.

Froth

Froth\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frothed; p. pr. & vb. n.. Frothing.]

1. To cause to foam.

2. To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.

He . . . froths treason at his mouth. --Dryden.

Is your spleen frothed out, or have ye more? --Tennyson.

3. To cover with froth; as, a horse froths his chain.

Froth

Froth\, v. i. To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beer froths; a horse froths.
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Language Translation for : Froth
Spanish: espuma,
German: der Schaum,die Blume,
Japanese: あわ
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froth 
c.1300, from O.N. froða, from Gmc. *freuth-. O.E. had afreoðan "to froth," from the same root.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: 1froth
Pronunciation: 'froth
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural froths /'froths, 'frothz/
: afoamy slaver sometimes accompanying disease or exhaustion

Main Entry: 2froth
Pronunciation: 'froth, 'froth
Function: transitive verb
: to foam at the mouth
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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