'Froth' definitions:
Definition of 'froth'
(from WordNet)
noun
A mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid; "the beer had a thick head of foam" [syn: foam, froth]
verb
Become bubbly or frothy or foaming; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water" [syn: foam, froth, fizz, effervesce, sparkle, form bubbles]
verb
verb
Exude or expel foam; "the angry man was frothing at the mouth"
Definition of 'Froth'
From: GCIDE
- Froth \Froth\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frothed; p. pr. & vb. n.. Frothing.]
- 1. To cause to foam. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To spit, vent, or eject, as froth. [1913 Webster]
- He . . . froths treason at his mouth. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Is your spleen frothed out, or have ye more? --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To cover with froth; as, a horse froths his chain. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Froth'
From: GCIDE
- Froth \Froth\, v. i. To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beer froths; a horse froths. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Froth'
From: GCIDE
- Froth \Froth\, n. [OE. frothe, Icel. fro[eth]a; akin to Dan. fraade, Sw. fradga, AS. [=a]freo[eth]an to froth.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any empty, senseless show of wit or eloquence; rhetoric without thought. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
- It was a long speech, but all froth. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Light, unsubstantial matter. --Tusser. [1913 Webster]
- Froth insect (Zool.), the cuckoo spit or frog hopper; -- called also froth spit, froth worm, and froth fly.
- Froth spit. See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo. [1913 Webster]