Definition of Foam

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Definition of Foam

Foam

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.

To gather foam; to froth; as, the billows foam.

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.

To cause to foam; as,to foam the goblet; also (with out), to throw out with rage or violence, as foam.

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Foam Quotations

Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling.
Dave Barry

A low line of shore was visible at first on the right between the movement of the waves and fog, but when we came further it was lost sight of, and nothing could be seen but the mist curling in the rigging, and a small circle of foam.
John Millington Synge

A guy came to the shop every day. A lot of guys put the foam like stuff that forms to you, kinda like the Indy car guys run. He fitted it up and it felt real good, so we're going to try to run it.
Sterling Marlin

When I first started the show, I was known as the 'cop nerd.' I was in the 9th Precinct in the East Village every day. I'd be at work wearing a fake bulletproof vest with foam in it, then I'd leave and put on a real one to ride around with these guys.
Jason Wiles

There is the churning and the boiling of the sea, and the foam on top of it and that is what man is, churning and foam together.
Simone Schwarz-Bart

Foam Translations

foam in Afrikaans is skuim
foam in Danish is skum
foam in Dutch is tintelen, schuimen, bruisen
foam in Finnish is vaahto
foam in German is Schaum, Schaum, Schaumstoff
foam in Italian is schiuma
foam in Norwegian is skum, skumme
foam in Portuguese is espuma
foam in Spanish is espuma

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