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"

foaming

Related to foaming: foaming at the mouth

Synonyms for foaming

adj emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation

Synonyms

bubbling
bubbly
effervescing
frothy
spumy
foamy

Related Words

effervescent

adj producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease

Synonyms

foamy
frothing

Related Words

unhealthy