Definitions for: Foam

[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] make froth, become bubbly; "The river foamed"
[v] of liquids; "The boiling soup was frothing"
[v] foam as if boiling; "a seething liquid"

Webster (1913) Definition: Foam, n. [OE. fam, fom, AS. f?m; akin to OHG. & G. feim.]
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.

Foam, v.i. [imp. & p. p. Foamed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Foaming.] [AS. f?man. See Foam, n.]
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.

Foam, v.t.
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.

Synonyms: effervesce, fizz, froth, froth, seethe, sparkle, spume, suds

See Also: bubble, bubble, create, foam rubber, head, lather, lather, make, material, shaving foam, soapsuds, spume, stuff, Styrofoam, suds, white water

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