Lexic.us

Definition of Froth

1. Noun. A mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid. "The beer had a thick head of foam"

2. Verb. Become bubbly or frothy or foaming. "Sparkling water"

3. Verb. Make froth or foam and become bubbly. "The river foamed"

4. Verb. Exude or expel foam. "The angry man was frothing at the mouth"

Definition of Froth

1. 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.

2. v. t. To cause to foam.

3. v. i. To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beer froths; a horse froths.

Definition of Froth

1. Noun. foam ¹

2. Noun. (figuratively) unimportant events or actions; drivel ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To create froth. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To bubble. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Froth

1. to foam [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: foam

Medical Definition of Froth

1. 1. The bubbles caused in fluids or liquors by fermentation or agitation; spume; foam; especially, a spume of saliva caused by disease or nervous excitement. 2. Any empty, senseless show of wit or eloquence; rhetoric without thought. "It was a long speech, but all froth." (L'Estrange) 3. Light, unsubstantial matter. Froth insect, the cuckoo spit or frog hopper; called also froth spit, froth worm, and froth fly. Froth spit. See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo. Origin: OE. Frothe, Icel. Frooa; akin to Dan. Fraade, Sw. Fradga, AS. Afreooan to froth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Froth

frostlike frostline frostlines frostnip frostnips frostproof frosts frostweed frostweeds frostwork

frostworks frostwort frosty froterer froth (current term) froth at the mouth froth pack frothed frother frothers

frothery frothier frothiest frothily frothiness frothinesses frothing frothingly frothless

Literary usage of Froth

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"A fault in the construction is that Lord and Lady froth are not sharply enough distinguished from Lord and Lady ..."

2. The British Drama: Comprehending the Best Plays in the English Language by Sir Walter Scott, Walter Scott (1804)
"Lady froth. Nay, I heg your pardon ; but heing derived from the Greek, ... Lady froth. My lord, I have heen telling Cynthia how much I have heen in love ..."

3. The Improved Housewife: Or Book of Receipts, with Engravings for Marketing by A. L. Webster (1855)
"Just before sending to the table, pile up the froth in the centre of the cream. ... Beat the whites of the eggs to a froth, and turn them over the whole. ..."

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