foam

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.

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.