foam
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle English fom, from Old English fām (“foam”), from Proto-Germanic *faimaz (“foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *poyǝmn-, *spoyǝmn- (“foam”). Cognate with German Feim (“foam”), Latin spūma (“foam”), Latin pūmex (“pumice”), Kurdish fê (“epilepsy”).
[edit] Noun
foam (countable and uncountable; plural foams)
- A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains.
- He doesn't like so much foam in his beer.
- A foam mat can soften a hard seat.
- (by extension) sea foam; (figuratively) the sea.
- He is in Europe, across the foam.
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foam rubber
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[edit] Verb
foam (third-person singular simple present foams, present participle foaming, simple past and past participle foamed)
- To form or emit foam.
