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froths up

froths up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of froth up.

Meaning of froth up

Verb

froth up (third-person singular simple present froths up, present participle frothing up, simple past and past participle frothed up)

  1. (intransitive) To become frothy; to rise with a frothy surface or covered with something resembling froth.
    • The Spirit mourn'd "Adieu!"—dissolv’d, and left / The atom darkness in a slow turmoil; / As when of healthful midnight sleep bereft, / Thinking on rugged hours and fruitless toil, / We put our eyes into a pillowy cleft, / And see the spangly gloom froth up and boil: / It made sad Isabella’s eyelids...1820, John Keats, “Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil. A Story from Boccaccio.”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC...
    Synonyms:
    foam up

Questions about froths up

What is froths up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Froths up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of froth up.

Words near froths up in the dictionary

  1. frothings
  2. frothless
  3. froths
  4. froths at the gash
  5. froths at the mouth
  6. froths up
  7. frothsome
  8. frothy
  9. frots
  10. frottage
  11. frottaged

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