Foam up

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To become foamy, create a foam; to rise with a foamy surface or covered with something resembling foam intransitive

    "In a chastened mood, Helen returned to her own room and lit her spirit-lamp, in order to re-boil the coffee. She was watching the brown bubbles foam up in the saucepan, when she heard the front-door bell."

  2. 2
    To take place, arise, erupt, develop. figuratively, intransitive

    "A tide of Republican scandal foamed up last week and engulfed Germany's greatest post-War soldier, Hans von Seeckt, “The Man with the Iron Monocle.”"

  3. 3
    To cause to become foamy; to cover with foam. transitive

    "As I routinely foamed up his grand lattes, he’d share details about his homicide cases (not to mention his rocky marriage, which was still bordering on divorce)."

Synonyms

All synonyms
froth upfrothswhitecap

Example

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"In a chastened mood, Helen returned to her own room and lit her spirit-lamp, in order to re-boil the coffee. She was watching the brown bubbles foam up in the saucepan, when she heard the front-door bell."

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