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ALL meanings of foaming

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  • noun foaming a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.: foam on a glass of beer. 1
  • noun foaming the froth of perspiration, caused by great exertion, formed on the skin of a horse or other animal. 1
  • noun foaming froth formed from saliva in the mouth, as in epilepsy and rabies. 1
  • noun foaming a thick frothy substance, as shaving cream. 1
  • noun foaming 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 foaming a dispersion of gas bubbles in a solid, as foam glass, foam rubber, polyfoam, or foamed metal. 1
  • noun foaming Literary. the sea. 1
  • verb without object foaming to form or gather foam; emit foam; froth. 1
  • verb with object foaming to cause to foam. 1
  • verb with object foaming to cover with foam; apply foam to: to foam a runway before an emergency landing. 1
  • verb with object foaming to insulate with foam. 1
  • verb with object foaming to make (plastic, metal, etc.) into a foam. 1
  • idioms foaming foam at the mouth, to be extremely or uncontrollably angry. 1
  • noun foaming Form or produce a mass of small bubbles; froth. 1
  • verb foaming present participle of foam. 0
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