foam

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially
2. (countable, uncountable) A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:
3. (countable, uncountable) A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:
4. (countable, uncountable) A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:
5. (countable, uncountable) A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:
6. (countable, uncountable) A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:
7. (countable, uncountable) A material formed by trapping pockets of gas in a liquid or solid.
8. (countable, figuratively, poetic, uncountable) The sea.
9. (countable, uncountable) Fury, rage, ire.
10. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) Sneakers.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To form or emit foam.
2. (intransitive) To spew saliva as foam; to foam at the mouth.
3. To coat or cover with foam.

Synonyms

froth

bubbles

🫧

lather

suds

scum

bubble

spume

froth up

fizz

cream

effervesce

sparkle

❇️

form bubbles

boil

saliva

be frothy

spit

head

spray

soak

spittle

foam up

rail

rant

roil

skim

slobber

soap

🧼

spit out

sponges

yaw

yeast

of the sea

sing out

soap-suds

pumicite

cellular material

expanded material

rubber foam

volcanic foam

aerate

boil up turbulently

blister

breakers

build up

cyst

dew

dip

emulsion

foam plastic

Translations

écume

mousse

espuma

Schaum

schiuma

schuim

espuma

spuma

écumer

αφρός

schäumen

αφρίζω

mousser

escuma

Pronounced as (IPA)

/foʊm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: fom

Inherited from Old English: fām

Cognate with German: Feim

Cognate with Latin: spūma

Cognate with Latin: pūmex

Cognate with Sanskrit: फेन

Cognate with Northern Kurdish: fê

In summary

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”).

Sentences

Pink foam floated gently through the air , landing on the parked vehicles .