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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]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

Froth \Froth\, v. i. To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beer froths; a horse froths. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

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]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

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Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

 

froth

noun

a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid [syn: foam]

verb

1: form bubbles; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water" [syn: foam, fizz, effervesce, sparkle]
2: make froth or foam and become bubbly; "The river foamed" [syn: spume, suds]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

 

Froth \Froth\, n. [OE. frothe, Icel. fro[eth]a; akin to Dan. fraade, Sw. fradga, AS. [=a]freo[eth]an 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. --L'Estrange.

3. Light, unsubstantial matter. --Tusser.

Froth insect (Zo["o]l.), the cuckoo spit or frog hopper; -- called also froth spit, froth worm, and froth fly.

Froth spit. See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

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. --Dryden.

Is your spleen frothed out, or have ye more? --Tennyson.

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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