foam

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/foʊm/

noun 5verb 3

Collocations

ADJ.

cold, deadly, great, hollow, new, old, rabid, surgical

The surfer wiped the cold foam from his face after wipeout.

VERB + FOAM

breaking, change, dissolving, face-cleansing, filled, flings, formed, keel

The dog was breaking foam at the mouth after running through the waves.

FOAM + NOUN

gel, heaven, mat, pad, rollers, rubber, sea

She rolled her hair in foam rollers every night before bed.

PREP.

in, into, on, on, up, with

The waves crashed onto the beach and turned into white foam.

ADV.

usually

The dog's mouth was usually foaming after he ran around the park for hours.

Definitions

noun

A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially

Similarly, the biotech giant Cargill has begun manufacturing a polymer from vegetable oils that is used in polyurethane foams, which is found in beddings, furniture and car-seat headrests.

Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.

A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:

’Tis thou that rigg’st the bark and plough’st the foam,

1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in Lyrical Ballads, London: J. & A. Arch, p. 12, The breezes blew, the white foam flew, / The furrow follow’d free: / We were the first that ever burst / Into that silent Sea.

A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:

“Again. Tell it again!” cried Fagin, tightening his grasp on Sikes, and brandishing his other hand aloft as the foam flew from his lips.

The horses were flecked with foam and their breathing was noisy.

A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:

a quart jug with a crown of foam upon it

The last of the milk vanished in a swirl of foam and gurgling.

A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:

[…] she concentrated on the foam in the sink, tempering the water.

Later we shared a bath with foam up to our ears, like they always discreetly have in films.

verb

To form or emit foam.

[…] And that is it Hath made me rig my navy; at whose burthen The anger'd ocean foams; with which I meant To scourge the ingratitude that despiteful Rome Cast on my noble father.

When the fierce North-wind with his airy forces Rears up the Baltic to a foaming fury;

To spew saliva as foam; to foam at the mouth.

[…] to London will we march amain, And once again bestride our foaming steeds, And once again cry ‘Charge upon our foes!’ But never once again turn back and fly.

Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away.

To coat or cover with foam.

It used to be common practice to foam the runway prior to an emergency landing, in case a fuel-fed fire occurred.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid

froth

verb — become bubbly or frothy or foaming

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

in a foam

Foaming at the mouth.

But that Poet was always in a foam at his ſetting out, even before the Motion of the Race had warm'd him.

Example Bank

Similarly, the biotech giant Cargill has begun manufacturing a polymer from vegetable oils that is used in polyurethane foams, which is found in beddings, furniture and car-seat headrests.

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Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.

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’Tis thou that rigg’st the bark and plough’st the foam,

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[…] And that is it Hath made me rig my navy; at whose burthen The anger'd ocean foams; with which I meant To scourge the ingratitude that despiteful Rome Cast on my noble father.

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When the fierce North-wind with his airy forces Rears up the Baltic to a foaming fury;

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They were both silent for a measure of moments, and then Syme's speech came with a rush, like the sudden foaming of champagne.

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