Foam - English meaning

verb

(with reference to a liquid) reach or cause to reach the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapour.

Usage examples:

We asked people to boil their drinking water

noun

The temperature at which a liquid bubbles and turns to vapour.

Usage examples:

Bring the sauce to the boil and simmer for 10 minutes

noun

An inflamed pus-filled swelling on the skin, caused typically by the infection of a hair follicle.

Usage examples:

You can use them to treat sores, bruises, cuts, boils and inflammatory skin conditions.

noun

A thin sphere of liquid enclosing air or another gas.

Usage examples:

We'd shake up a piece of soap in a tin of warm water and blow bubbles

verb

(of a liquid) form rising bubbles of gas or air.

Usage examples:

A pot of coffee bubbled away on the stove

noun

A ball of air in a liquid or on its surface, or in the air

Usage examples:

When water begins to boil, small bubbles form around the edge of the pot., the water in the pot beg…

noun

A thin sphere of liquid enclosing air or another gas.

Usage examples:

We'd shake up a piece of soap in a tin of warm water and blow bubbles

verb

(of a liquid) form rising bubbles of gas or air.

Usage examples:

A pot of coffee bubbled away on the stove

noun

A ball of air in a liquid or on its surface, or in the air

Usage examples:

When water begins to boil, small bubbles form around the edge of the pot., the water in the pot beg…

noun

The thick white or pale yellow fatty liquid which rises to the top when milk is left to stand and which can be eaten as an accompaniment to desserts or used as a cooking ingredient.

Usage examples:

Strawberries and cream

verb

Work (two or more ingredients, typically butter and sugar) together to form a creamy paste.

Usage examples:

You cream the butter first and then add the egg yolks

verb

Defeat (someone) heavily in a sporting contest.

Usage examples:

On paper, england should have creamed scotland

verb

(of a liquid) give off bubbles.

Usage examples:

The waves seemed to effervesce as they swept by

verb

If a liquid effervesces, it produces small bubbles.

noun

Bubbles in a liquid; fizz.

Usage examples:

The effervescence of sparkling wine

noun

The fact that bubbles of gas are produced or exist in a liquid, or the bubbles themselves

Usage examples:

The wine has a light effervescence., this is a limestone, as its effervescence in acid shows., peop…

verb

(of a substance) undergo fermentation.

Usage examples:

The drink had fermented, turning some of the juice into alcohol

noun

Agitation and excitement among a group of people, typically concerning major change and leading to trouble or violence.

Usage examples:

A period of political and religious ferment

verb

To change chemically through the action of living substances, such as yeast or bacteria, or to use a substance to produce a chemical change

Usage examples:

He was a central figure in the intellectual ferment of his time.

verb

(of a liquid) produce bubbles of gas and make a hissing sound.

Usage examples:

His lemonade was still fizzing at the top of the glass

noun

The quality of being fizzy; effervescence.

Usage examples:

The champagne had lost its fizz

noun

A mass of small bubbles in liquid caused by agitation, fermentation, or salivating.

Usage examples:

Leave the yeast until there is a good head of froth

verb

Form or contain a rising or overflowing mass of small bubbles.

Usage examples:

The red blood frothed at his lips

noun

A mass of small bubbles, esp. on the surface of a liquid

noun

The upper part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, typically separated from the rest of the body by a neck, and containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs.

Usage examples:

Whatever comes into my head

adjective

Chief; principal.

Usage examples:

The head waiter

verb

Be in the leading position on.

Usage examples:

The st george's day procession was headed by the mayor

noun

A frothy white mass of bubbles produced by soap, washing powder, etc. when mixed with water.

Usage examples:

She rinsed off the lather and dried her hands

verb

Form or cause to form a lather.

Usage examples:

Soap will not lather in hard water

noun

A mass of small white bubbles produced esp. when soap is mixed with water

Usage examples:

[ i ] i lathered and shaved quickly.

noun

A sweet or savoury dish made as a smooth, light mass in which the main ingredient is whipped with cream and egg white.

Usage examples:

Sponge topped with chocolate mousse

verb

Style (hair) using mousse.

Usage examples:

Mousse each section before winding on rollers

noun

A light food made from eggs mixed together with cream and other things, such as fruit, chocolate, or fish, and served cold

Usage examples:

[ c ] a chocolate mousse, styling/conditioning mousse

verb

Move from a lower position to a higher one; come or go up.

Usage examples:

The tiny aircraft rose from the ground

noun

An upward movement; an instance of rising.

Usage examples:

The bird has a display flight of steep flapping rises

verb

Move upward

verb

(of a liquid) boil or be turbulent as if boiling.

Usage examples:

The grey ocean seethed

verb

To feel very angry

Usage examples:

She was still seething, remembering how rudely she was treated.

verb

(of water or food that is being heated) stay just below boiling point while bubbling gently.

Usage examples:

The goulash was simmering slowly in the oven

noun

A state or temperature just below boiling point.

Usage examples:

Bring the water to a simmer

verb

To cook a liquid or something with liquid in it at a temperature slightly below boiling

Usage examples:

[ i ] add broth and simmer for 15 minutes., bring the water to a simmer.

noun

Spray blown from the crests of waves by the wind.

Usage examples:

From the dark geometrical precision of its bridge, ghyll beck lopes downhill in long slants of wate…

noun

Small drops of water or snow, or small pieces of sand, carried in the wind

Usage examples:

You can see snow whipping off the far mountain peaks as spindrift., at the pier the wind was gustin…

noun

Liquid that is blown or driven through the air in the form of tiny drops.

Usage examples:

A torrent of white foam and spray

verb

Apply (liquid) to someone or something in the form of tiny drops.

Usage examples:

The product can be sprayed on to wet or dry hair

noun

A stem or small branch of a tree or plant, bearing flowers and foliage.

Usage examples:

A spray of honeysuckle

noun

Froth or foam, especially that found on waves.

Usage examples:

The spume of the white-capped waves

verb

Form or produce a mass of froth or foam.

Usage examples:

Water was spuming under the mill

noun

White foam (= bubbles) on the top of waves in water

Usage examples:

The overcast sky merged with the spume of the waves., the sea was spuming over the harbour walls.

verb

Lather, cover, or wash in soapy water.

Usage examples:

Martha sudsed my back

plural noun

Froth made from soap and water.

Usage examples:

She was up to her elbows in suds

noun

The mass or line of foam formed by waves breaking on a seashore or reef.

Usage examples:

The roar of the surf

verb

Stand or lie on a surfboard and ride on a wave towards the shore.

Usage examples:

He's learning to surf

noun

The waves on the sea when they approach the coast or hit against rocks

Usage examples:

You can turn on your computer now and go surfing on the web., he spends a lot of time surfing tv ch…