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Meaning of 'froth' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Froth [ 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.
- Any empty, senseless show of wit or eloquence; rhetoric without thought.
- Light, unsubstantial matter.
2 . Froth [ v. i.]
- To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beer froths; a horse froths.
3 . Froth [ v. t.]
- To cause to foam.
- To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.
- To cover with froth; as, a horse froths his chain.

Meaning of 'froth' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . froth [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid
Example in sentence:
  • the beer had a thick head of foam
2 . froth [ v]
Meaning (2):
- become bubbly or frothy or foaming
Example in sentence:
  • sparkling water;
  • The boiling soup was frothing;
  • The river was foaming
Meaning (3):
- exude or expel foam
Example in sentence:
  • the angry man was frothing at the mouth
Meaning (4):
- make froth or foam and become bubbly
Example in sentence:
  • The river foamed

Nearby Words:

fro frock frocked frockless froe frog frogbit frogfish frogged froggy

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