The meaning of Foams

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…

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.

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

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.

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

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.