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FOAMING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease
Example:
the rabid animal's frothing mouth
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
unhealthy (not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation
Example:
foamy (or frothy) beer
Synonyms:
bubbling; bubbly; effervescing; foaming; foamy; frothy; spumy
Classified under:
Similar:
effervescent ((of a liquid) giving off bubbles)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb foam
Context examples:
Where the bow cut the water there was a great foaming and gurgling, and I seemed directly in its path.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Gloomy defiles or barrancas intersected this wild country with mountain torrents dashing and foaming between their rugged sides.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It saddens me and gladdens me, the gait with which we are leaving San Francisco behind and with which we are foaming down upon the tropics.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Dim memories he had of beetling cliffs, of a group of huts with wondering faces at the doors, of foaming, clattering water, and of a bristle of mountain beeches.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Beyond its foaming base lay the pretty villages of the Japanese colonists and smiling valleys which penetrated deep into the interior.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
That should give them heart, said Sir Nigel, eyeing the galleys, which crept along on either side, with a slow, measured swing of their great oars, the water swirling and foaming under their sharp stems.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
We were now alongside and foaming past.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Also I saw a great wave, curling and foaming, poised far above the rail.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Several days went by, the Ghost still foaming down the trades, and I could swear I saw madness growing in Thomas Mugridge’s eyes.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The sea had turned a dull leaden grey and grown rougher, and was now tossing foaming whitecaps to the sky.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
