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FOAMY
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Irregular inflected forms: foamier , foamiest
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:
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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)
Derivation:
foam (a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid)
foaminess (the property of being foamy)
