Dictionary Entry
foam
foam is a 4-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 7 senses
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- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
To gather foam; to froth; as, the billows foam.
- 3noun
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.
- 4transitive verb
To cause to foam; as,to foam the goblet; also (with out), to throw out with rage or violence, as foam.
- 5noun
a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid
"the beer had a thick head of foam"
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- 6noun
a lightweight material in cellular form; made by introducing gas bubbles during manufacture
- 7verb
become bubbly or frothy or foaming
"The boiling soup was frothing"
"The river was foaming"
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