Meaning

1 senses
  1. Full of foam.

    He jumped overboard into the foamy waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

    schaumig, schäumend, Schaum-

    пе́нистыйpénistyj, пе́нныйpénnyj

More definitions
  • producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease
  • emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation

Examples

2 sentences
  1. This type of bug will cover itself in its own foamy spittle while it feeds.

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  2. Beat egg whites in a bowl until they are foamy and have a thick, ribbony texture, 2 to 3 minutes.

    deEiweiße in einer Schüssel verquirlen, bis sie luftig sind und eine dicke, lange, dünne Beschaffenheit haben, 2 bis 3 Minuten.

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Translations

6 languages
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full of foam:

Origin

From Middle English fomy, from Old English fāmiġ, fǣmiġ (“frothy, foamy”), from Proto-West

From Middle English fomy, from Old English fāmiġ, fǣmiġ (“frothy, foamy”), from Proto-West Germanic *faimag, *faimīg, equivalent to foam + -y.

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Forms

foamier, foamiest
Comparativefoamier Lesson
Superlativefoamiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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