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Foaming   /fˈoʊmɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Foam  v. t.  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."



Foam  v. i.  (past & past part. foamed; pres. part. foaming)  
1.
To gather foam; to froth; as, the billows foam. "He foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth."
2.
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.



adjective
foaming  adj.  Giving off bubbles and developing a head of foam; as, a foaming glass of beer.
Synonyms: bubbling, frothing.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Foaming" Quotes from Famous Books



... headed by maddened bulls, with blazing eyes and foaming nostrils, drove onward toward the south, like an unchained hurricane. Some of the terrified beasts ran against the trees, crushing horns and skull, and fell prone upon the plain to be trampled to jelly by the hundreds of thousands ...
— Annette, The Metis Spy • Joseph Edmund Collins

... pearl which the merchant bought, And for which his all he gave, Was a purer pearl than will e'er be brought From under the FOAMING wave." ...
— Natalie - A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds • Ferna Vale

... the Queen's rampart, on the citadel of Quebec, the eye sweeps over a greater diversity of landscape than is probably to be found in any one spot in the universe. Blue mountain, far-stretching river, foaming cascade, the white sails of ocean ships, the black trunks of many- sized guns, the pointed roofs, the white village nestling amidst its fields of green, the great isle in mid-channel, the many shades of colour from deep blue pine-wood to yellowing ...
— Picturesque Quebec • James MacPherson Le Moine

... sounds hollow on the frozen ground; no beam of beauty is on his face, but his look is healthy, and his step is firm. As he approaches the peasant bars his door and renews his fire. The sparkling home-brewed goes round and mantles in the foaming jug, the oft-repeated tale is told, the rain patters against the casement, but the night passes away, and the storm is no ...
— Forgotten Tales of Long Ago • E. V. Lucas

... lay in the way, and prevented her from turning. Then the helm was put over, and she came round. There was no slacking of the engines, and astern of her the water leaped from her rudder in a great upheaved, foaming mass, some 7 ft. or 8 ft. high. Brought round, she once more lay her course. This time the wind was on her starboard quarter, or still more nearly aft. The boat went literally as fast as the wind, and on deck ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 • Various


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