foam
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: firefighting
government
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”).
Inflected forms:
form: foams
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: foams
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: foaming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: foamed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: foamed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: ’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.
And the heaven became livid with the violence of the tempest […] and the river was tormented into foam […]
Many [of the fish-traps] were full of fish that raised foam as they splashed about.
gloss: A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: “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.
gloss: A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: a quart jug with a crown of foam upon it
The last of the milk vanished in a swirl of foam and gurgling.
It was a very good palm-wine and powerful, for in spite of the palm fruit hung across the mouth of the pot to restrain the lively liquor, white foam rose and spilled over.
A slender thread of soft-drink foam traced her upper lip;
gloss: A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: […] 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.
gloss: A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A material formed by trapping pockets of gas in a liquid or solid.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: A foam mat can soften a hard seat.
gloss: The sea.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
poetic
uncountable
examples: He is in Europe, across the foam.
How slowly does sad Time his feathers moue? / Hast thee O fayrest Planet to thy home / Within the Westerne fome:
You must dwell beyond the foam, / But I am safe and live at home.
But as for me, I'd sooner be
A-roaring here at home
About the rolling, roaring life
Of them that sails the foam.
gloss: Fury, rage, ire.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Sneakers.
pos: noun
tags: countable
in-plural
uncountable
gloss: To form or emit foam.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: […] 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;
They were both silent for a measure of moments, and then Syme's speech came with a rush, like the sudden foaming of champagne.
gloss: To spew saliva as foam; to foam at the mouth.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: […] 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.
But I was talking to the wind; for whether my tears, my attitude, or the disorder of my dress prov'd fresh incentives, or whether he was not under the dominion of desires he could not bridle, but snorting and foaming with lust and rage, he renews his attack, seizes me, and again attempts to extend and fix me on the settee […]
gloss: To coat or cover with foam.
pos: verb
examples: It used to be common practice to foam the runway prior to an emergency landing, in case a fuel-fed fire occurred.
Derived words: antifoam
befoam
biofoam
defoam
foamable
foamback
foam bath
foamboard
foam board
foambow
foam cell
foamcore
foam core
foam finger
foam-flecked
foamflower
foam hand
foamie
foaminess
foamless
foamlike
foam party
foam roller
foam rubber
foamy
geofoam
in a foam
macrofoam
meadowfoam
memory foam
microfoam
nanofoam
nonfoam
polyfoam
quantum foam
sail foam
seafoam
shave foam
shaving foam
soap foam
spin foam
spray foam
sticky foam
styrofoam
temper foam
unfoam
vanishing foam
afoam
antifoaming
foamability
foam at the mouth
foamer
foaming
foam up
nonfoaming
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: skuim
lang: Albanian
word: shkumë
lang: Amharic
word: አረፋ
roman: ʾäräfa
lang: Arabic
word: رَغْوَة
roman: raḡwa
lang: Arabic
word: زَبَد
roman: zabad
lang: Arabic
word: زَبَد البَحْر
roman: zabad al-baḥr
lang: Arabic
word: ريم
roman: rīm
lang: Arabic
word: رغوة
roman: raḡwa
lang: Arabic
word: رَغْوَة
roman: raḡwa
lang: Arabic
word: زَبَد
roman: zabad
lang: Arabic
word: كشكوشة
roman: keškuša
lang: Armenian
word: փրփուր
roman: pʻrpʻur
lang: Aromanian
word: spumã
lang: Assamese
word: ফেন
roman: phen
lang: Assamese
word: ফেনা
roman: phena
lang: Azerbaijani
word: köpük
lang: Bashkir
word: күбек
roman: kübek
lang: Basque
word: apar
lang: Belarusian
word: пе́на
roman: pjéna
lang: Bengali
word: ফেনা
roman: phena
lang: Bhojpuri
word: फेन
roman: phēn
lang: Central Bikol
word: subo
lang: Bulgarian
word: пя́на
roman: pjána
lang: Burmese
word: အမြှုပ်
roman: a.hmrup
lang: Carpathian Rusyn
word: пі́на
roman: pína
lang: Catalan
word: escuma
lang: Chakma
word: 𑄜𑄬𑄚
roman: phenā
lang: Chepang
word: भोप्
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎤᏬᎩᏟ
roman: uwogitli
lang: Cheyenne
word: é'távo
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 泡沫
roman: pou⁵ mut⁶
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 泡沫
roman: pàomò
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 沫
roman: mò
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 泡
roman: pào
lang: Chuvash
word: кӑпӑк
roman: kăp̬ăk
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: köpük
lang: Czech
word: pěna
lang: Dalmatian
word: sploima
lang: Danish
word: skum
lang: Dutch
word: schuim
lang: Esperanto
word: ŝaŭmo
lang: Estonian
word: vaht
lang: Faroese
word: skúm
lang: Fijian
word: vuso
lang: Finnish
word: vaahto
lang: French
word: écume
lang: French
word: mousse
lang: West-Frisian
word: skom
lang: Friulian
word: sbrume
lang: Galician
word: escuma
lang: Galician
word: foula
lang: Galician
word: babuxa
lang: Galician
word: cachón
lang: Galician
word: bogada
lang: Galician
word: cuspia
lang: Georgian
word: ქაფი
roman: kapi
lang: German
word: Schaum
lang: German
word: Schuum
lang: Bavarian German
word: schaum
lang: Gothic
word: 𐍈𐌰𐌸𐍉
roman: ƕaþō
lang: Greek
word: αφρός
roman: afrós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀφρός
roman: aphrós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἄχνη
roman: ákhnē
lang: Gujarati
word: ફેણ
roman: pheṇ
lang: Gujarati
word: ફીણ
roman: phīṇ
lang: Hawaiian
word: huʻa
lang: Hebrew
word: קֶצֶף
roman: kétsef
lang: Hindi
word: झाग
roman: jhāg
lang: Hindi
word: कोप
roman: kop
lang: Hindi
word: फेन
roman: phen
lang: White Hmong
word: npuas
lang: Hungarian
word: hab
lang: Icelandic
word: froða
lang: Ido
word: spumo
lang: Indonesian
word: busa
lang: Ingrian
word: vaahto
lang: Ingrian
word: koohu
lang: Ingush
word: чоп
roman: čop
lang: Irish
word: sobal
lang: Irish
word: cúr
lang: Italian
word: schiuma
lang: Japanese
word: 泡
roman: awa
lang: Japanese
word: 泡
roman: abuku
lang: Kannada
word: ನೊರೆ
roman: nore
lang: Kazakh
word: көбік
roman: köbık
lang: Kazakh
word: көпіршік
roman: köpırşık
lang: Khmer
word: ពពុះ
roman: pɔɔpɔpuh
lang: Korean
word: 거품
roman: geopum
lang: Central Kurdish
word: کەف
roman: kef
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: kef
lang: Kyrgyz
word: көбүк
roman: köbük
lang: Lao
word: ຟອງ
roman: fǭng
lang: Lao
word: ລະລອກ
roman: la lǭk
lang: Lao
word: ໂຟມ
roman: fōm
lang: Latin
word: spūma
lang: Latvian
word: putas
lang: Lezgi
word: каф
roman: kaf
lang: Lingala
word: mfulu
lang: Lingala
word: mpulu
lang: Lithuanian
word: puta
lang: Low German
word: Schuum
lang: Macedonian
word: пе́на
roman: péna
lang: Malay
word: busa
lang: Malayalam
word: പത
roman: pata
lang: Maltese
word: ragħwa
lang: Manchu
word: ᠣᠪᠣᠩᡤᡳ
roman: obonggi
lang: Manchu
word: ᡥᠣᡶᡠᠨ
roman: hofun
lang: Māori
word: hukanga
lang: Māori
word: pūtai
lang: Māori
word: pūpūtai
lang: Maybrat
word: payif
lang: Middle English
word: fom
lang: Mongolian
word: хөөс
roman: xöös
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠬᠥᠭᠡᠰᠦ
roman: kögesü
lang: Neapolitan
word: scumma
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: skum
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: skum
lang: Occitan
word: escuma
lang: Odia
word: ଫେଣ
roman: pheṇa
lang: Church Slavic
word: пѣна
roman: pěna
lang: Church Slavic
word: ⱂⱑⱀⰰ
roman: pěna
lang: Old East Slavic
word: пѣна
roman: pěna
lang: Old English
word: fām
lang: Oromo
word: hoomacha
lang: Ossetian
word: фынк
roman: fynk
lang: Pali
word: pheṇa
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: пена
roman: pena
lang: Pashto
word: کف
roman: kaf
lang: Pashto
word: جخ
roman: jax
lang: Pashto
word: ځګ
roman: źag
lang: Dari
word: کَف
roman: kaf
lang: Iranian Persian
word: کَف
roman: kaf
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Schum
lang: Polish
word: piana
lang: Portuguese
word: espuma
lang: Punjabi
word: ਝੱਗ
roman: jhagga
lang: Punjabi
word: جَھگّ
roman: jhagg
lang: Romanian
word: spumă
lang: Russian
word: пе́на
roman: péna
lang: Samoan
word: piapia
lang: Sango
word: pulu
lang: Sanskrit
word: फेन
roman: phena
lang: Sardinian
word: sprumma
lang: Sardinian
word: spuma
lang: Sardinian
word: ispruma
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: cobhar
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: cop
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: пе̏на
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: пје̏на
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pȅna
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pjȅna
lang: Shor
word: кӧбӱк
roman: köbük
lang: Sicilian
word: scuma
lang: Slovak
word: pena
lang: Slovene
word: pena
lang: Spanish
word: espuma
lang: Spanish
word: jabonadura
lang: Swahili
word: povu
lang: Swedish
word: skum
lang: Sylheti
word: ꠚꠦꠘ
roman: féno
lang: Tagalog
word: bula
lang: Tajik
word: кафк
roman: kafk
lang: Tamil
word: நுரை
roman: nurai
lang: Tarifit
word: kuffu
lang: Tashelhit
word: aluffi
lang: Tatar
word: күбек
roman: kübek
lang: Telugu
word: నురగ
roman: nuraga
lang: Thai
word: ฟอง
roman: fɔɔng
lang: Thai
word: โฟม
roman: foom
lang: Tigrinya
word: ዓፍራ
roman: ʿafra
lang: Turkish
word: köpük
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: كوپوك
roman: köpük
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: كف
roman: kef
lang: Turkmen
word: köpük
lang: Udmurt
word: шукы
roman: šuky
lang: Ukrainian
word: пі́на
roman: pína
lang: Urdu
word: جھاگ
roman: jhāg
lang: Urdu
word: کَف
roman: kaf
lang: Uyghur
word: كۆپۈك
roman: köpük
lang: Uzbek
word: koʻpik
lang: Venetan
word: sbiùma
lang: Vietnamese
word: bọt
lang: Wakhi
word: xuf
lang: Walloon
word: schome
lang: Welsh
word: ewyn
lang: Yaghnobi
word: хаф
roman: xaf
lang: Yámana
word: sia
lang: Yiddish
word: פּינע
roman: pine
lang: Yiddish
word: שוים
roman: shoym