froth
verb/frɒθ/
/frɔːθ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they froth | /frɒθ/ /frɔːθ/ |
| he / she / it froths | /frɒθs/ /frɔːθs/ |
| past simple frothed | /frɒθt/ /frɔːθt/ |
| past participle frothed | /frɒθt/ /frɔːθt/ |
| -ing form frothing | /ˈfrɒθɪŋ/ /ˈfrɔːθɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] froth (something) if a liquid froths, or if somebody/something froths it, a mass of small bubbles appears on the surface
- a cup of frothing coffee
- The water gushed and frothed.
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- [intransitive] to produce a lot of saliva (= liquid in your mouth)
- The dog was frothing at the mouth.
- (figurative) He frothed at the mouth (= was very angry) when I asked for more money.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old Norse frotha, frauth.
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