“foameth” is a form of
foam
UK /ˈfəʊ̯m/ · US /ˈfɔʊ̯m/ noun, verb
Forms foams foaming foamed
- noun A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:
- noun A collection of small bubbles created when the surface of a body of water is moved by tides, wind, etc.
- noun A collection of small bubbles formed from bodily fluids such as saliva or sweat.
- noun A collection of small bubbles on the surface of a liquid that is heated, fermented or carbonated.
- noun A collection of small bubbles created by mixing soap with water.
- noun (firefighting) A collection of small bubbles formed by mixing an extinguishing agent with water, used to cover and extinguish fires.
- noun (cooking) A food prepared in the form of a mass of airy bubbles. “His specialty is a mango foam.”
- noun A material formed by trapping pockets of gas in a liquid or solid. “A foam mat can soften a hard seat.”
- verb (intransitive) To form or emit foam.
- verb (intransitive) To spew saliva as foam; to foam at the mouth.
- verb (firefighting) 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.”
Synonyms
froth surf spindrift spume spray effervescence fizz head mousse lather suds effervesce sparkle form bubbles
Etymology
From Middle English fom, foom, from Old English fām, from Proto-West Germanic *faim, from Proto-Germanic *faimaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)poHy-m-os, from *(s)poH(y)- (“foam”). Cognate with German Feim (“foam”), Latin spūma (“foam”), Latin pūmex (“pumice”), Sanskrit फेन (phéna, “foam”), possibly Northern Kurdish fê (“epilepsy”).
Webster’s 1913
- noun 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.
- verb To gather foam; to froth; as, the billows foam.
- verb 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.
- verb 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.
Etymology [OE. fam, fom, AS. fm; akin to OHG. & G. feim.]
Etymology [AS. fman. See Foam, n.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “foam”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details