[syn: foaming, foamy, frothing]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
foaming \foam"ing\ adj.
Giving off bubbles and developing a head of foam; as, a
foaming glass of beer.
Syn: bubbling, frothing.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Foam \Foam\ (f[=o]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Foamed (f[=o]md); p.
pr. & vb. n. Foaming.] [AS. f[=ae]man. See Foam, n.]
1. To gather foam; to froth; as, the billows foam.
[1913 Webster]
He foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth. --Mark ix.
18.
[1913 Webster]
2. To form foam, or become filled with foam; -- said of a
steam boiler when the water is unduly agitated and frothy,
as because of chemical action.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
foaming
adj 1: emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or
fermentation; "bubbling champagne"; "foamy (or frothy)
beer" [syn: bubbling, bubbly, foaming, foamy,
frothy, effervescing, spumy]
2: producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from
exhaustion or disease; "the rabid animal's frothing mouth"
[syn: foaming, foamy, frothing]