[syn: froth, spume, suds]
3. exude or expel foam;
- Example: "the angry man was frothing at the mouth"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Froth \Froth\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frothed; p. pr. & vb. n..
Frothing.]
1. To cause to foam.
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2. To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.
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He . . . froths treason at his mouth. --Dryden.
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Is your spleen frothed out, or have ye more?
--Tennyson.
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3. To cover with froth; as, a horse froths his chain.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Froth \Froth\, v. i.
To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beer
froths; a horse froths.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Froth \Froth\, n. [OE. frothe, Icel. fro[eth]a; akin to Dan.
fraade, Sw. fradga, AS. [=a]freo[eth]an to froth.]
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1. The bubbles caused in fluids or liquors by fermentation or
agitation; spume; foam; esp., a spume of saliva caused by
disease or nervous excitement.
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2. Any empty, senseless show of wit or eloquence; rhetoric
without thought. --Johnson.
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It was a long speech, but all froth. --L'Estrange.
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3. Light, unsubstantial matter. --Tusser.
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Froth insect (Zool.), the cuckoo spit or frog hopper; --
called also froth spit, froth worm, and froth fly.
Froth spit. See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
froth
n 1: a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid; "the beer
had a thick head of foam" [syn: foam, froth]
v 1: become bubbly or frothy or foaming; "The boiling soup was
frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water" [syn:
foam, froth, fizz, effervesce, sparkle, form
bubbles]
2: make froth or foam and become bubbly; "The river foamed"
[syn: froth, spume, suds]
3: exude or expel foam; "the angry man was frothing at the
mouth"