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Foam : (noun)
1: a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid [syn: froth]
2: a lightweight material in cellular form; made by introducing
gas bubbles during manufacture
(verb)
1: form bubbles; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river
was foaming"; "Sparkling water" [syn: froth, fizz, effervesce,
sparkle]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Foam : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Foam : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Foam : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Foam : (Hos. 10:7), the rendering of _ketseph_, which properly means
twigs or splinters (as rendered in the LXX. and marg. R.V.). The
expression in Hosea may therefore be read, "as a chip on the
face of the water," denoting the helplessness of the piece of
wood as compared with the irresistable current.
Based on Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [Bible_Dictionary]:
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Foam : Colloidal suspension of a gas in a liquid.
Based on Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [Bible_Dictionary]:
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