English Explanatory Dictionary

foam

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially
  2. A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:
  3. A collection of small bubbles created when the surface of a body of water is moved by tides, wind, etc.
  4. A collection of small bubbles formed from bodily fluids such as saliva or sweat.
  5. A collection of small bubbles on the surface of a liquid that is heated, fermented or carbonated.
  6. A collection of small bubbles created by mixing soap with water.
  7. A collection of small bubbles formed by mixing an extinguishing agent with water, used to cover and extinguish fires.
  8. A material formed by trapping pockets of gas in a liquid or solid.
  9. The sea.
  10. Fury, rage, ire.
  11. Sneakers.
verb
  1. To form or emit foam.
  2. To spew saliva as foam; to foam at the mouth.
  3. To coat or cover with foam.

Pronunciation

fōm /foʊm/ /fəʊm/ en-us-foam.ogg

Word forms

foam foams foaming foamed

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”).

Synonyms

froth surf spindrift spume spray effervescence fizz head mousse lather suds

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

Afrikaans: skuim Albanian: shkumë Amharic: አረፋ Arabic: رَغْوَة Arabic: زَبَد Arabic: زَبَد البَحْر Arabic: ريم Arabic: رغوة Arabic: كشكوشة Armenian: փրփուր Aromanian: spumã Assamese: ফেন Assamese: ফেনা Azerbaijani: köpük Bashkir: күбек Basque: apar Belarusian: пе́на Bengali: ফেনা Bhojpuri: फेन Central Bikol: subo Bulgarian: пя́на Burmese: အမြှုပ် Carpathian Rusyn: пі́на Catalan: escuma Chakma: 𑄜𑄬𑄚 Chepang: भोप् Cherokee: ᎤᏬᎩᏟ Cheyenne: é'távo Chinese Cantonese: 泡沫 Chinese Mandarin: 泡沫 Chinese Mandarin: 沫 Chinese Mandarin: 泡 Chuvash: кӑпӑк Crimean Tatar: köpük Czech: pěna Dalmatian: sploima Danish: skum Dutch: schuim Esperanto: ŝaŭmo Estonian: vaht Faroese: skúm Fijian: vuso Finnish: vaahto French: écume French: mousse West-Frisian: skom Friulian: sbrume Galician: escuma Galician: foula Galician: babuxa Galician: cachón Galician: bogada Galician: cuspia Georgian: ქაფი
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