foam

Meanings

Noun

• A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:
• A material formed by trapping pockets of gas in a liquid or solid.
• The sea.
• Fury.

Verb

• To form or emit foam.
• To spew saliva as foam, to foam at the mouth.
• To coat or cover with foam.

Origin

• From Middle English fome, fom, from Old English fām, from Proto-Germanic *faimaz, from Proto-Indo-European, from *(s)poH(y)-. Cognate with German Feim ("foam"), Latin spūma ("foam"), Latin pūmex ("pumice"), Sanskrit फेन ("foam"), possibly Northern Kurdish fê ("epilepsy").