sea-foam

  • 21foam — Synonyms and related words: Foamite, acid, aerate, air, alabaster, automatic sprinkler, beat, blubber, boil, breakers, breeze, bubble, bubbles, butter, carbon tet, carbon tetrachloride, carbon dioxide foam, carbonation, chaff, chalk, chip, churn …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 22foam —   Hu a, ehu. Sea foam, hu ahu a kai, ehu kai, huna kai, hune kai, kaikea, ae ae …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 23foam — n Foam, froth, spume, scum, lather, suds, yeast are comparable when they denote either a mass of bubbles gathering in or on the surface of a liquid or something as insubstantial as such a mass. Foam is the most comprehensive of these terms but is …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 24foam — [fōm] n. [ME fom < OE fam, akin to Ger feim, scum < IE base * (s)poimno , foam > Sans phḗna , L spuma] 1. the whitish mass of bubbles formed on or in liquids by agitation, fermentation, etc. 2. something like foam, as the heavy sweat of… …

    English World dictionary

  • 25Foam — (f[=o]m), n. [OE. fam, fom, AS. f[=a]m; akin to OHG. & G. feim.] The white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles, which is formed on the surface of liquids, or in the mouth of an animal, by violent agitation or fermentation; froth;… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 26Foam cock — Foam Foam (f[=o]m), n. [OE. fam, fom, AS. f[=a]m; akin to OHG. & G. feim.] The white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles, which is formed on the surface of liquids, or in the mouth of an animal, by violent agitation or… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 27Sea Slumber Song — a poem by the Hon. Roden Noel and was set to music by Sir Edward Elgar as the first song of his song cycle Sea Pictures .LyricsThe poem here is as sung in Sea Pictures . [cite book|title=Program Notes for the Forty Fifth Season|author=Chicago… …

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  • 28Sea kayak — A sea kayak on Valdes Island, British Columbia, Canada. A sea kayak or touring kayak is a kayak developed for the sport of paddling on open waters of lakes, bays, and the ocean. Sea kayaks are seaworthy small boats with a covered deck and the… …

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  • 29foam — foamable, adj. foamer, n. foamingly, adv. foamless, adj. foamlike, adj. /fohm/, n. 1. a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.: foam on a glass of beer. 2. the froth of perspiration, caused …

    Universalium

  • 30foam — I. noun Etymology: Middle English fome, from Old English fām; akin to Old High German feim foam, Latin spuma foam, pumex pumice Date: before 12th century 1. a light frothy mass of fine bubbles formed in or on the surface of a liquid or from a… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary