Foaming

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  foaming \foam"ing\ adj.
     Giving off bubbles and developing a head of foam; as, a
     foaming glass of beer.
  
     Syn: bubbling, frothing.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Foam \Foam\ (f[=o]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Foamed} (f[=o]md); p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Foaming}.] [AS. f[=ae]man. See {Foam}, n.]
     1. To gather foam; to froth; as, the billows foam.
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              He foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth. --Mark ix.
                                                    18.
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     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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  foaming
       adj 1: emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or
              fermentation; "bubbling champagne"; "foamy (or frothy)
              beer" [syn: {bubbling}, {bubbly}, {foamy}, {frothy}, {effervescing}]
       2: producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from
          exhaustion or disease; "the rabid animal's frothing mouth"
          [syn: {foamy}, {frothing}]
       3: covered with or resembling small bubbles as from being
          agitated by beating or heating; "the bubbling candy
          mixture"; "a cup of foaming cocoa"; "frothy milkshakes";
          "frothy waves"; "spumy surf" [syn: {bubbling}, {foamy}, {frothing},
           {spumous}, {spumy}, {sudsy}]