ALL meanings of foam
foam
F f - noun foam a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.: foam on a glass of beer. 1
- noun foam the froth of perspiration, caused by great exertion, formed on the skin of a horse or other animal. 1
- noun foam froth formed from saliva in the mouth, as in epilepsy and rabies. 1
- noun foam a thick frothy substance, as shaving cream. 1
- noun foam a chemically produced substance that smothers the flames on a burning liquid by forming a layer of minute, stable, heat-resistant bubbles on the liquid's surface. the layer of bubbles so formed. 1
- noun foam a dispersion of gas bubbles in a solid, as foam glass, foam rubber, polyfoam, or foamed metal. 1
- noun foam Literary. the sea. 1
- verb without object foam to form or gather foam; emit foam; froth. 1
- verb with object foam to cause to foam. 1
- verb with object foam to cover with foam; apply foam to: to foam a runway before an emergency landing. 1
- verb with object foam to insulate with foam. 1
- verb with object foam to make (plastic, metal, etc.) into a foam. 1
- idioms foam foam at the mouth, to be extremely or uncontrollably angry. 1
- noun foam A mass of small bubbles formed on or in liquid, typically by agitation or fermentation. 1
- noun foam bubbles 1
- noun foam material 1
- intransitive verb foam create foam 1
- noun foam on beer 1
- intransitive verb foam mouth: emit saliva 1
- noun foam A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains. 0
- noun foam a manufactured substance, e.g. polystyrene foam. See also derived terms. 0
- noun foam (by extension) Sea foam; (figuratively) the sea. 0
- verb foam (Intransitive Verb) To form or emit foam. 0
- uncountable noun foam Foam consists of a mass of small bubbles that are formed when air and a liquid are mixed together. 0
- variable noun foam Foam is used to refer to various kinds of manufactured products which have a soft, light texture like a thick liquid. 0
- variable noun foam Foam or foam rubber is soft rubber full of small holes which is used, for example, to make mattresses and cushions. 0
- verb foam If a liquid foams, it is full of small bubbles and keeps moving slightly. 0
- noun foam a mass of small bubbles of gas formed on the surface of a liquid, such as the froth produced by agitating a solution of soap or detergent in water 0
- noun foam frothy saliva sometimes formed in and expelled from the mouth, as in rabies 0
- noun foam the frothy sweat of a horse or similar animal 0
- noun foam any of a number of light cellular solids made by creating bubbles of gas in the liquid material and solidifying it: used as insulators and in packaging 0
- noun foam (as modifier) 0
- noun foam a colloid consisting of a gas suspended in a liquid 0
- noun foam a mixture of chemicals sprayed from a fire extinguisher onto a burning substance to create a stable layer of bubbles which smothers the flames 0
- verb foam to produce or cause to produce foam; froth 0
- verb foam to be very angry (esp in the phrase foam at the mouth) 0
- noun foam the whitish mass of bubbles formed on or in liquids by agitation, fermentation, etc. 0
- noun foam something like foam, as the heavy sweat of horses, or frothy saliva 0
- noun foam the sea 0
- noun foam a kind of colloid in which a gas is suspended in a liquid or solid matter, having a texture ranging from soft and liquid, as whipped cream, to firm and elastic, as foam rubber 0
- intransitive verb foam to form, produce, or gather foam; froth 0
- verb transitive foam to cause to foam 0
- noun foam A foam is a suspension of a gas in a liquid or solid. 0
- noun foam Foam, or a foam, is a drug delivery system consisting of a mass of small bubbles, usually applied to the skin. 0