Froth
[frɒθ] or [frɔθ]
Definition
(verb.) exude or expel foam; 'the angry man was frothing at the mouth'.
(verb.) make froth or foam and become bubbly; 'The river foamed'.
Edited by Erna--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The bubbles caused in fluids or liquors by fermentation or agitation; spume; foam; esp., a spume of saliva caused by disease or nervous excitement.
(n.) Any empty, senseless show of wit or eloquence; rhetoric without thought.
(n.) Light, unsubstantial matter.
(v. t.) To cause to foam.
(v. t.) To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.
(v. t.) To cover with froth; as, a horse froths his chain.
(v. i.) To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beer froths; a horse froths.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Spume, foam.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See BALDERDASH]
Editor: Whitney
Examples
- Nothing fell upon the ground but a few particles of froth, which slowly detached themselves from the rim, and trickled lazily down. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He did not speak or move, but the blotchy green of his countenance turned livid, and the froth froze upon his lips. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Nothing but the froth of the waves could be discerned in the pool below. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He told me she was Venus herself, just emerged from the froth of the sea! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The chicken was tough, the tongue too salty, and the chocolate wouldn't froth properly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She, her flowers shaken from her like froth, was steadying herself to turn the angle of the church. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She put her hand on the arm of her care-worn, sallow father, and frothing her light draperies, proceeded over the eternal red carpet. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And the thing jumped at them and gnashed its teeth and then spat upon them from frothing lips. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- As they had approached the limits of the city they had witnessed the actions of the bull ape as he bolted into the building, frothing with rage. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The great Saint Michael's Fountain ran with uncommonly sour wine, while that in the Artillery Place frothed with beer. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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