foam

sustantivo

1. 1

   A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially

   Similarly, the biotech giant Cargill has begun manufacturing a polymer from vegetable oils that is used in polyurethane foams, which is found in beddings, furniture and car-seat headrests.

   Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.

2. 2

   A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially: A collection of small bubbles created when the surface of a body of water is moved by tides, wind, etc.

   ’Tis thou that rigg’st the bark and plough’st the foam,

   1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in Lyrical Ballads, London: J. & A. Arch, p. 12, The breezes blew, the white foam flew, / The furrow follow’d free: / We were the first that ever burst / Into that silent Sea.

   And the heaven became livid with the violence of the tempest […] and the river was tormented into foam […]

   Many [of the fish-traps] were full of fish that raised foam as they splashed about.

3. 3

   A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially: A collection of small bubbles formed from bodily fluids such as saliva or sweat.

   “Again. Tell it again!” cried Fagin, tightening his grasp on Sikes, and brandishing his other hand aloft as the foam flew from his lips.

   The horses were flecked with foam and their breathing was noisy.

4. 4

   A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially: A collection of small bubbles on the surface of a liquid that is heated, fermented or carbonated.

   a quart jug with a crown of foam upon it

   The last of the milk vanished in a swirl of foam and gurgling.

   It was a very good palm-wine and powerful, for in spite of the palm fruit hung across the mouth of the pot to restrain the lively liquor, white foam rose and spilled over.

   A slender thread of soft-drink foam traced her upper lip;

5. 5

   A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially: A collection of small bubbles created by mixing soap with water.

   […] she concentrated on the foam in the sink, tempering the water.

   Later we shared a bath with foam up to our ears, like they always discreetly have in films.

6. 6

   A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially: A collection of small bubbles formed by mixing an extinguishing agent with water, used to cover and extinguish fires.

7. 7

   A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially: A food prepared in the form of a mass of airy bubbles.

   His specialty is a mango foam.

8. 8

   A material formed by trapping pockets of gas in a liquid or solid.

   A foam mat can soften a hard seat.

9. 9

   figuradoThe sea.

   He is in Europe, across the foam.

   How slowly does sad Time his feathers moue? / Hast thee O fayrest Planet to thy home / Within the Westerne fome:

   You must dwell beyond the foam, / But I am safe and live at home.

   But as for me, I'd sooner be A-roaring here at home About the rolling, roaring life Of them that sails the foam.

10. 10

    Fury, rage, ire.

11. 11

    Sneakers.

verbo

1. 1

   To form or emit foam.

   […] And that is it Hath made me rig my navy; at whose burthen The anger'd ocean foams; with which I meant To scourge the ingratitude that despiteful Rome Cast on my noble father.

   When the fierce North-wind with his airy forces Rears up the Baltic to a foaming fury;

   They were both silent for a measure of moments, and then Syme's speech came with a rush, like the sudden foaming of champagne.

2. 2

   To spew saliva as foam; to foam at the mouth.

   […] to London will we march amain, And once again bestride our foaming steeds, And once again cry ‘Charge upon our foes!’ But never once again turn back and fly.

   Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away.

   But I was talking to the wind; for whether my tears, my attitude, or the disorder of my dress prov'd fresh incentives, or whether he was not under the dominion of desires he could not bridle, but snorting and foaming with lust and rage, he renews his attack, seizes me, and again attempts to extend and fix me on the settee […]

3. 3

   To coat or cover with foam.

   It used to be common practice to foam the runway prior to an emergency landing, in case a fuel-fed fire occurred.

Formas

plural

foams

pasado

foamed

participio

foamed

gerundio

foaming

3.ª persona del singular

foams