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Foamed

Foam \Foam\ (f[=o]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Foamed (f[=o]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Foaming.] [AS. f[=ae]man. See Foam, n.]

  1. To gather foam; to froth; as, the billows foam.

    He foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth.
    --Mark ix. 18.

  2. To form foam, or become filled with foam; -- said of a steam boiler when the water is unduly agitated and frothy, as because of chemical action.

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foamed

vb. (en-past of: foam)

Usage examples of "foamed".

A raft of rough silicon sheets, foamed aluminium I-beams, and empty plastic drink tanksfamiliar enough to bring tears to her eyeswas lying on the bank, half in the water.

They were circular disks, two kilometres in diameter when they matured, made from polyp that was foamed like a sponge for buoyancy.

His crutch kept getting snagged by the thick cords that foamed over the loam.

From these her sight wandered over the cliffs and woods into the valley, along which foamed a broad and rapid stream, seen falling among the crags of an opposite mountain, now flashing in the sunbeams, and now shadowed by over-arching pines, till it was entirely concealed by their thick foliage.

To his left foamed the sea, to his right was rock, iron-bearing rock, the wild, bare mountain.

If ever this did happen, a trembling came over him, and one day, when an impudent young thing teased him and pretended to be in love with him, he fell to the ground and foamed at the mouth.