froth

[Froth]

Froth is the gathering of small bubbles at the top of a drink, like the fizzy froth on the top of your root beer float.

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The bubbles caused in fluids or liquors by fermentation or agitation; spume; foam; esp., a spume of saliva caused by disease or nervous excitement.

Noun
a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid

Verb
make froth or foam and become bubbly; "The river foamed"

Verb
form bubbles; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water"


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.

n.
Any empty, senseless show of wit or eloquence; rhetoric without thought.

n.
Light, unsubstantial matter.

v. t.
To cause to foam.

v. t.
To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.

v. t.
To cover with froth; as, a horse froths his chain.

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


Froth

Froth , n. [OE. frothe, Icel. fro'eba; akin to Dan. fraade, Sw. fradga, AS. 'befreo'eban to froth.] 1. 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. Any empty, senseless show of wit or eloquence; rhetoric without thought. Johnson.
It was a long speech, but all froth.
3. Light, unsubstantial matter. Tusser. Froth insect (Zo'94l.), the cuckoo spit or frog hopper; -- called also froth spit, froth worm, and froth fly. -- Froth spit. See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo.

Froth

Froth, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frothed ; p. pr. & vb. n.. Frothing.] 1. To cause to foam. 2. To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.
He . . . froths treason at his mouth.
Is your spleen frothed out, or have ye more?
3. To cover with froth; as, a horse froths his chain.

Froth

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

The bubbles caused in fluids or liquors by fermentation or agitation; spume; foam; esp., a spume of saliva caused by disease or nervous excitement.

To cause to foam.

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

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Usage Examples

There's a lot of strength in the U.S., but there's a lot of froth also. The froth will blow off. We're going to have to face up to some realities that we're not fully facing up to right now.

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