FOAMING

foaming, foamy, frothing

(adjective) producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease; “the rabid animal’s frothing mouth”

bubbling, bubbly, foaming, foamy, frothy, effervescing, spumy

(adjective) emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation; “bubbling champagne”; “foamy (or frothy) beer”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

foaming

present participle of foam

Noun

foaming (plural foamings)

A process that forms foam.

Source: Wiktionary


FOAM

Foam, n. Etym: [OE. fam, fom, AS. fm; akin to OHG. & G. feim.]

Definition: 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.] Etym: [AS. fman. 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.

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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WHOLE

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