foam : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: foam	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for foam
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foam n a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid; "the beer had a thick head of foam" Synonym(s): foam, froth a lightweight material in cellular form; made by introducing gas bubbles during manufacture v become bubbly or frothy or foaming; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water" Synonym(s): foam, froth, fizz, effervesce, sparkle, form bubbles
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. [bd]Foaming out their own shame.[b8] --Jude 13.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
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.