| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Froth.[Websters]
2. To be moussed or mossed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have headed, foamed or lathered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To be mixed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have rocked or stoned. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To have whirled or curled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have stirred, thrashed, threshed, brandished or whisked. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To have surfed, spumed or scummed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have churned or actuated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To have rubbished, boshed or bullshitted.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb froth.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (froth) | 1. Become bubbly or frothy or foaming; "The boiling soup was frothing".[Wordnet]. 2. Make froth or foam and become bubbly.[Wordnet]. 3. Exude or expel foam; "the angry man was frothing at the mouth".[Wordnet]. 4. Form bubbles; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water".[Wordnet]. 5. To cause to foam.[Websters]. 6. To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.[Websters]. 7. To cover with froth; as, a horse froths his chain.[Websters]. 8. To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beer froths; a horse froths.[Websters]. 9. Base verb from the following inflections: frothing, frothed, froths, frother, frothers, frothingly and frothedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "FROTHED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1787. (references) |
Specialty Definition: froth
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Noun] frauth.. | 2: [Noun] Spume; foam; the bubbles causes in liquors by fermentation or agitation.. | 3: [Noun] Any empty, senseless show of wit or eloquence.. | 4: [Noun] Light, unsubstantial matter.. | 5: [Verb] To cause to foam.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Administration | A mass of bubbles in or on a liquid; foam. (references) | ||
| Food & Agriculture | Accumulation of small bubbles which collect at the surface of a liquid-particularly during fermentation and during the movement of some new wines. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Literature | 1: Froth (Master). "A foolish gentleman" in Measure for Measure. 2: Lord Froth. A pompous coxcomb in The Double Dealer, by Congreve. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
| Mining | In the flotation process, a collection of bubbles resulting from agitation, the bubbles being the agency for raising (floating) the particles of ore to the surface of the cell. (references) | ||
| Wikipedic | Froth is foam consisting of bubbles in a liquid. Solid foams cannot be referred to as froth. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] (figuratively) unimportant events or actions; drivel Thousands of African children die each day: why do the newspapers continue to discuss unnecessary showbiz froth?. (references) | 2: [Noun] foam Froth is a very important feature of many types of coffee. (references) | 3: [Verb] (intransitive) To bubble. The chemical frothed up when I added the acid, just as I thought it would. (references) | 4: [Verb] (transitive) To create froth. I like to froth my coffee for ten seconds exactly, no more, no less. (references) |
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Common Expressions: froth
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Frolic Froth | Frolic Froth is a psychedelic band formed in Mexico City by members Victor Basurto (bass) and Arturo López (drums) of Loch Ness, and Jorge Beltrán (guitar) from Humus. These three musicians had previously played together in diverse bands along with other musicians during the 1980s and good part of the 1990s, until they finally decided to break away from the sound of previous bands and start Frolic Froth. (references) | ||
| Froth at the mouth | Be in a state of uncontrolled anger. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Froth flotation | Froth Flotation is a selective process for separating minerals from gangue by using surfactants and wetting agents. The selective separation of the minerals makes processing complex (that is, mixed) orebodies economically feasible. The flotation process is used for the separation of a large range of sulfides, carbonates and oxides prior to further refinement. Phosphate and coal are also processed by flotation technology. (references) | ||
| Froth insect | (Zo["o]l.), the cuckoo spit or frog hopper; -- called also froth spit , froth worm , and froth fly . Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: froth
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Froth flotation | Mining | A. A flotation process in which the minerals floated gather in and on the surface of bubbles of air or gas driven into or generated in the liquid in some convenient manner. See also: film flotation b. The separating of finely crushed minerals from one another by causing some to float in a froth and others to remain in suspension in the pulp. Oils and various chemicals are used to activate, make floatable, or depress the minerals c. A process for cleaning fine coal, copper, lead, zinc, phosphate, kaolin, etc.with the aid of a reagent; the coal or minerals become attached to air bubbles in a liquid medium and float as a froth. (references) | |
| Froth promoter | Mining | A chemical compound used with a frothing agent. Increases greatly the recovery in a flotation process. (references) | |
| Iron froth | Mining | A fine spongy variety of hematite. (references) | |
| Red iron froth | Mining | A variety of hematite. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: froth | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Froth flotation | 22 | Ancient Order of Froth Blowers | 11 | |
| Ancient Order of Froth Blowers | 11 | Frolic Froth | 4 | |
| Froth on the daydream | 9 | Froth | 2 | |
| Frolic Froth | 4 | Froth flotation | 22 | |
| Froth | 2 | Froth on the daydream | 9 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
