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foams at the mouth

foams at the mouth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of foam at the mouth.

Meaning of foam at the mouth

Verb

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

  1. To spew saliva as foam.
    • The servant, who had not stayed long enough to have crossed the court to Conrad’s apartment, came running back breathless, in a frantic manner, his eyes staring, and foaming at the mouth.1764, Horace Walpole, chapter I, in The Castle of Otranto
  2. (figuratively) To rage, vent one's anger.
    • My lord,
      Now fear is from me, I'll speak troth. Lord Cloten,
      Upon my lady’s missing, came to me
      With his sword drawn; foam’d at the mouth, and swore,
      If I discover’d not which way she was gone,
      It was my instant death.1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...

Questions about foams at the mouth

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Foams at the mouth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of foam at the mouth.

Words near foams at the mouth in the dictionary

  1. foamite
  2. foamless
  3. foamlessly
  4. foamlike
  5. foams
  6. foams at the mouth
  7. foams up
  8. foamy
  9. Foard
  10. Foard County
  11. Foards

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