FROTH

foam, froth

(noun) a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid; “the beer had a thick head of foam”

froth

(verb) exude or expel foam; “the angry man was frothing at the mouth”

froth, spume, suds

(verb) make froth or foam and become bubbly; “The river foamed”

foam, froth, fizz, effervesce, sparkle, form bubbles

(verb) become bubbly or frothy or foaming; “The boiling soup was frothing”; “The river was foaming”; “sparkling water”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

froth (countable and uncountable, plural froths)

foam

(figuratively) unimportant events or actions; drivel

• L'Estrange

Verb

froth (third-person singular simple present froths, present participle frothing, simple past and past participle frothed)

(transitive) To create froth in (a liquid).

(intransitive) (of a liquid) To bubble.

(transitive) To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.

(intransitive) (literally) To spew saliva as froth; (figuratively) to rage, vent one's anger.

(transitive) To cover with froth.

Anagrams

• Forth, forth, forth-

Source: Wiktionary

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Froth, n. Etym: [OE. frothe, Icel. frotha; akin to Dan. fraade, Sw. fradga, AS. afreothan to froth.]

1. The bubbles caused in fluids or liquors by fermentation or agitation; spume; foam; esp., a spume of saliva caused by disease or nervous excitement.

2. Any empty, senseless show of wit or eloquence; rhetoric without thought. Johnson. It was a long speech, but all froth. L'Estrange.

3. Light, unsubstantial matter. Tusser. Froth insect (Zoöl.), the cuckoo spit or frog hopper; -- called also froth spit, froth worm, and froth fly.

– Froth spit. See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo.

Froth, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frothed; p. pr. & vb. n.. Frothing.]

1. To cause to foam.

2. To spit, vent, or eject, as froth. He . . . froths treason at his mouth. Dryden. Is your spleen frothed out, or have ye more Tennyson.

3. To cover with froth; as, a horse froths his chain.

Froth, v. i.

Definition: To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beer froths; a horse froths.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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