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foaming
foam F0218500 (fōm)n.1. A colloidal dispersion of a gas in a liquid or solid medium, such as shaving cream, foam rubber, or a substance used to fight fires. A foam may be produced, especially on the surface of a liquid, by agitation or by a chemical reaction, such as fermentation.2. Any of various light, porous, semirigid or spongy materials, usually the solidified form of a liquid full of gas bubbles, used as a building material or for thermal insulation or shock absorption, as in packaging.3. a. Frothy saliva produced especially as a result of physical exertion or a pathological condition.b. The frothy sweat of a horse or other equine animal.4. The sea.v. foamed, foam·ing, foams v.intr.1. To produce or issue as foam; froth.2. a. To produce foam from the mouth, as from exertion or a pathological condition.b. 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.]Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | foaming - emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation; "bubbling champagne"; "foamy (or frothy) beer"bubbling, bubbly, effervescing, frothy, spumy, foamyeffervescent - (of a liquid) giving off bubbles | | 2. | foaming - producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease; "the rabid animal's frothing mouth"foamy, frothingunhealthy - not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers" |
IdiomsSeefoamfoaming
foaming[′fōm·iŋ] (engineering) Any of various processes by which air or gas is introduced into a liquid or solid to produce a foam material. (graphic arts) A froth in a photographic emulsion containing minute bubbles caused by excessive turbulence. foaming
Related to foaming: foaming at the mouthSynonyms for foamingadj emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentationSynonyms- bubbling
- bubbly
- effervescing
- frothy
- spumy
- foamy
Related Wordsadj producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or diseaseSynonymsRelated Words |