Definition of Foams

1. Verb. (third-person singular of foam) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Foams

1. foam [v] - See also: foam

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foams

foamers
foameth
foamflower
foamflowers
foamier
foamiest
foamily
foaminess
foaminesses
foaming
foaming agent
foamingly
foamings
foamless
foamlike
foams (current term)
foamy
foamy agents
foamy viruses
fob off
fobbed
fobbing
fobs
foc's'le lamp
focaccia
focaccias
focal
focal adhesion
focal amyloidosis

Literary usage of Foams

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

1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer (1796)
"... milk-white canvas bellying as they blow, The parted ocean foams and roars below: Above the bounding billows ..."

2. The Seasons by James Thomson (1744)
"... the turbid Stream; There gathering triple Force, rapid, and deep, It boils, and wheels, and foams, and thunders thro'. ..."

3. Applied Colloid Chemistry: General Theory by Wilder Dwight Bancroft (1921)
"foams In an emulsion of oil in water we have drops of oil coated by a more or less viscous film containing water, with water outside. ..."

4. Shahmah in Pursuit of Freedom; Or, The Branded Hand by Frances Harriet Green (1858)
"... of Simao with the Boy—Robert chafes and foams— He arrests a Shot aimed at the Fugitive—Recommends capturing alive—Abuses the ..."

5. Laboratory Manual of Colloid Chemistry by Harry Nicholls Holmes (1922)
"RE Wilson and Leon Parsons believe that stable foams are produced only when the surface layer has the properties of a plastic solid rather than of a viscous ..."

6. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India: an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1809)
"... The lofty masts reclining to the gale On full spread wings the navy springs away, And far behind them foams the Ocean grey: Afar the lessening hills of ..."

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