foam
To form or emit foamTo form or emit foam.
» The sea was white with foam.
Море было белым от пены. — Selena777
Море было белое от пены. — Selena777
Море було біле від піни. — aandrusiak
Luornu · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 senses(intransitive)To form or emit foam.
schäumen
пе́нитьсяpénitʹsja
(intransitive)To spew saliva as foam; to foam at the mouth.
To coat or cover with foam.
It used to be common practice to foam the runway prior to an emergency landing, in case a fuel-fed fire occurred.
- become bubbly or frothy or foaming
Examples
41 sentencesThe sea was white with foam.
Море було біле від піни. — aandrusiak
ruМоре было белым от пены. — Selena777
Most shoe soles nowadays are made from foam.
Більшість підошв на сьогоднішний день робиться з піни. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
The mermaid turned to foam.
Русалка перетворилася на піну. — rul
ruРусалка превратилась в пену. — rul
deDie Meerjungfrau verwandelte sich in Schaum. — Rovo
The foam vanished in an instant.
deDer Schaum war sofort verschwunden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Beer makes a lot of foam.
ruПиво сильно пенится. — odexed
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English fom, foom, from Old English fām, from Proto-West Germanic *faim, fromFrom Middle English fom, foom, from Old English fām, from Proto-West Germanic *faim, from Proto-Germanic *faimaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)poHy-m-os, from *(s)poH(y)- (“foam”). Cognate with German Feim (“foam”), Latin spūma (“foam”), Latin pūmex (“pumice”), Sanskrit फेन (phéna, “foam”), possibly Northern Kurdish fê (“epilepsy”).
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Forms
foams, foaming, foamed, foamedSynonyms
6 synonyms- become bubbly or frothy or foaming:frothfizzeffervescesparkleform bubbles
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.