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English Dictionary: froth by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
froth
n
  1. a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid; "the beer had a thick head of foam"
    Synonym(s): foam, froth
v
  1. 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
  2. make froth or foam and become bubbly; "The river foamed"
    Synonym(s): froth, spume, suds
  3. exude or expel foam; "the angry man was frothing at the mouth"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Froth \Froth\, n. [OE. frothe, Icel. fro[eb]a; akin to Dan.
      fraade, Sw. fradga, AS. [be]freo[eb]an 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} (Zo[94]l.), the cuckoo spit or frog hopper; --
            called also {froth spit}, {froth worm}, and {froth fly}.
           
  
      {Froth spit}. See {Cuckoo spit}, under Cuckoo.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Froth \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Froth \Froth\, v. i.
      To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beer
      froths; a horse froths.
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