foam
verb/fəʊm/
/fəʊm/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they foam | /fəʊm/ /fəʊm/ |
| he / she / it foams | /fəʊmz/ /fəʊmz/ |
| past simple foamed | /fəʊmd/ /fəʊmd/ |
| past participle foamed | /fəʊmd/ /fəʊmd/ |
| -ing form foaming | /ˈfəʊmɪŋ/ /ˈfəʊmɪŋ/ |
- (of a liquid) to have or produce a mass of small bubbles synonym froth
- She looked down at the foaming white water.
- The toothpaste foamed in his mouth.
- tankards of foaming beer
Word OriginOld English fām (noun), fǣman (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Old High German feim (noun), feimen (verb).
Idioms
See foam in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryfoam at the mouth
- (especially of an animal) to have a mass of small bubbles in and around its mouth, especially because it is sick or angry
- The dog started foaming at the mouth.
- (informal) (of a person) to be very angryTopics Feelingsc2
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