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foaming

foaming is the present participle and gerund of foam.

Meaning of foam

Verb

foam (third-person singular simple present foams, present participle foaming, simple past and past participle foamed)

  1. (intransitive) To form or emit foam.
    • […] And that is it
      Hath made me rig my navy; at whose burthen
      The anger'd ocean foams; with which I meant
      To scourge the ingratitude that despiteful Rome
      Cast on my noble father.c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
    Synonyms:
    suds
  2. (intransitive) To spew saliva as foam; to foam at the mouth.
    • […] to London will we march amain,
      And once again bestride our foaming steeds,
      And once again cry ‘Charge upon our foes!’
      But never once again turn back and fly.c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
  3. To coat or cover with foam.
    • It used to be common practice to foam the runway prior to an emergency landing, in case a fuel-fed fire occurred.

See all 14 meanings of foam

Noun

foaming (plural foamings)

  1. A process that forms foam.
    • After three foamings, a steady state is reached.1946, Stanford University. Dept. of Chemistry, Contributions, volume 17, page 1599

Forms of foaming

pluralfoamings

Words formed from foaming

Phrases with foaming

Questions about foaming

What does foaming mean?
Foaming means a process that forms foam.
What is foaming the present participle and gerund of?
Foaming is the present participle and gerund of foam.
What part of speech is foaming?
Foaming is a noun.
What is the plural of foaming?
The plural of foaming is foamings.

Words near foaming in the dictionary

  1. foamier
  2. foamies
  3. foamiest
  4. foamily
  5. foaminess
  6. foaming
  7. foaming agent
  8. foaming agents
  9. foaming at the mouth
  10. foaming up
  11. foamingly

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