Thesaurus: foam

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1. n. The white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles, which is formed on the surface of liquids, or in the mouth of an animal, by violent agitation or fermentation; froth; spume; scum; as, the foam of the sea.
2. n. To gather foam; to froth; as, the billows foam.
3. n. To form foam, or become filled with foam; -- said of a steam boiler when the water is unduly agitated and frothy, as because of chemical action.
4. v.t. To cause to foam; as,to foam the goblet; also (with out), to throw out with rage or violence, as foam.
5. n. a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid
6. n. a lightweight material in cellular form; made by introducing gas bubbles during manufacture
7. v. become bubbly or frothy or foaming
8. The white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles, which is formed on the surface of liquids,or in the mouth of an animal, by violent agitation or fermentation; froth; spume; scum; as, the foam of the sea. Foam cock, in steam boilers, a cock at the water level, to blow off impurities. 1. To gather foam; to froth; as, the billows foam. He foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth. Mark ix. 18. 2. To form foam, or become filled with foam; -- said of a steam boiler when the water is unduly agitated and frothy, as because of chemical action. To cause to foam; as,to foam the goblet; also (with out), to throw out with rage or violence, as foam. "Foaming out their own shame." Jude 13.
9. The white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles,which is formed on the surface of liquids,or in the mouth of ananimal, by violent agitation or fermentation; froth; spume; scum; as,the foam of the sea. Foam cock, in steam boilers, a cock at the waterlevel, to blow off impurities.
10. v:6/n:94 n. a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid n. a lightweight material in cellular form; made by introducing gas bubbles during manufacture v. become bubbly or frothy or foaming