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unfoam

unfoam verb: to remove the foam or foaminess of, defoam.

Verb

unfoam (third-person singular simple present unfoams, present participle unfoaming, simple past and past participle unfoamed)

  1. (rare, transitive) To remove the foam or foaminess of, defoam.
    • […] and means for unfoaming the foamable material by collapsing the bubbles thereof.1963, The Canadian Patent Office Record, page 783

Forms of unfoam

third-person singular presentunfoams
present participleunfoaming
past participleunfoamed
pastunfoamed

Origin of unfoam

From un- + foam.

Questions about unfoam

What does unfoam mean?
Unfoam means to remove the foam or foaminess of, defoam.
What part of speech is unfoam?
Unfoam is a verb.
What is the past tense of unfoam?
The past tense of unfoam is unfoamed.

Words near unfoam in the dictionary

  1. unfluttered
  2. unfluttering
  3. unflyable
  4. unflying
  5. unfoaled
  6. unfoam
  7. unfoaming
  8. unfocalized
  9. unfocus
  10. unfocusable
  11. unfocused

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