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Definition of foamnext
as in surf
a light mass of fine bubbles formed in or on a liquid a steaming cup of hot cocoa with a sprinkling of marshmallows drifting through the foam

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verb

as in to steam
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger the old man foamed and raged when they told him he would have to give up the farm

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Recent Examples of foam
Noun
PCMflux® foam with phase-change material (PCM) to help absorb and release heat as body temperature changes. Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 13 May 2026 Nurses at the facility brought him an iced horchata with oat milk and vanilla cold foam. Corey Williams, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
Verb
Water rushed foaming over the ford, and the gauge posts marking flood heights either were submerged or had been ripped away. Literary Hub, 18 Nov. 2025 The four fragrances will be available to purchase in a wide assortment, including three-wick candles, fine fragrance mists, body creams, body washes, foaming hand soaps, hand sanitizer sprays, laundry care, decor and wallflowers. Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for foam
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Noun
  • Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous surf and NEVER turn your back on the ocean.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2026
  • The water scenes are among the animation’s most gorgeous and effective, with Kristen teaching AJ how to swim and, soon enough, to surf.
    Tomris Laffly, Variety, 13 May 2026
Verb
  • Edamame is another easy option—try steaming it and topping it with a sprinkle of salt.
    Stephanie Anderson Witmer, Health, 19 May 2026
  • Today, Meta is steaming toward its own field of ice.
    Bhakti Mirchandani, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
Verb
  • Manzo was 21 when gunmen stormed an Uruapan nightclub not far from his mother’s dress shop and rolled five human heads onto the dance floor.
    Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
  • Continue reading … IN OTHER NEWS MOB CHAOS — Soccer fans storm field in 22 minutes flat, forcing players to flee for their lives.
    , FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • Instead, it is filled with a froth of virtual particles becoming real in pairs, waving to us, annihilating each other, and sinking back into the soup of virtual particles.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
  • Blending the chives and eggs together on high first, then quickly whizzing in the cream and cheese will encourage seamless emulsification without extra froth.
    Inés Anguiano, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Outside his ivory tower, the heterosis disease is raging on, turning men whose appetites normally lay only in prostate orgasms, poppers, all-night benders, and chemsex into the kind of people who suddenly have an affection for a church wedding.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 May 2026
  • As the war [by Russia in Ukraine] rages on, Sakha culture is increasingly reaching beyond its borders and building new connections with the East.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
Noun
  • These pans have a metal base — usually aluminum — covered with a thin spray-on coating made from silica, metal oxides and chemical binders.
    Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
  • Most modern non-toxic ceramic pans are actually aluminum or stainless steel pans coated with a thin spray-on layer designed to mimic ceramic’s slick, nonstick surface.
    Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 May 2026
Verb
  • Liquid helium has to travel in cryogenic ISO containers that boil off after 35 to 48 days, and industry reporting said roughly 200 of those containers were stranded near the Strait of Hormuz.
    Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • Several hours ahead or two days ahead, plunge beans into 3 to 4 quarts of rapidly boiling water.
    Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • All of the suspects were dressed head-to-toe in black, with some wearing hoods and masks.
    Louis Casiano , Brooke Taylor, FOXNews.com, 20 May 2026
  • Collins’s main competitors are Derek Dooley, the former head coach of the football programs at Louisiana Tech and the University of Tennessee, and Buddy Carter, another Georgia congressman.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 19 May 2026

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“Foam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foam. Accessed 22 May. 2026.

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