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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.
EXPAND(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.
COLLAPSELiterary. the sea.
verb (used without object)
8.
to form or gather foam; emit foam; froth.
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Foamless
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verb (used with object)
Idiom9.
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.
13.
foam at the mouth, to be extremely or uncontrollably angry.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English fom, Old English fām; cognate with German Feim
before 900; Middle English fom, Old English fām; cognate with German Feim
Related forms
foam·a·ble, adjective
foam·er, noun
foam·ing·ly, adverb
foam·less, adjective
foam·like, adjective
EXPANDSynonyms
1. froth, spume, head, fizz; scum.
1. froth, spume, head, fizz; scum.
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| foam (fəʊm) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a mass of small bubbles of gas formed on the surface of a liquid, such as the froth produced by agitating a solution of soap or detergent in water |
| 2. | frothy saliva sometimes formed in and expelled from the mouth, as in rabies |
| 3. | the frothy sweat of a horse or similar animal |
| 4. | a. any of a number of light cellular solids made by creating bubbles of gas in the liquid material and solidifying it: used as insulators and in packaging |
| b. (as modifier): foam rubber; foam plastic | |
| 5. | a colloid consisting of a gas suspended in a liquid |
| 6. | a mixture of chemicals sprayed from a fire extinguisher onto a burning substance to create a stable layer of bubbles which smothers the flames |
| 7. | a poetic word for the sea |
| —vb | |
| 8. | to produce or cause to produce foam; froth |
| 9. | (intr) to be very angry (esp in the phrase foam at the mouth) |
| [Old English fām; related to Old High German feim, Latin spūma, Sanskrit phena] | |
| 'foamless | |
| —adj | |
| 'foamlike | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
foam
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.
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American Heritage
Science Dictionary
foam  (fōm) Pronunciation Key
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Slang Dictionary
foam definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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