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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Foam \Foam\ (f[=o]m), noun [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; spume; scum; as, the foam of the sea.
{Foam cock}, in steam boilers, a cock at the water level, to blow off impurities.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Foam \Foam\ (f[=o]m), verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Foamed} (f[=o]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Foaming}.] [AS. f[=ae]man. See {Foam}, noun]
1. To gather foam; to froth; as, the billows foam.
He foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth. --Mark ix. 18.
2. To form foam, or become filled with foam; -- said of a steam boiler when the water is unduly agitated and frothy, as because of chemical action.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Foam \Foam\ (f[=o]m), verb (used with an object) To cause to foam; as, to foam the goblet; also (with out), to throw out with rage or violence, as foam. ''Foaming out their own shame.'' --Jude 13.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
foam
noun
1: a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid [syn: {froth}]
2: a lightweight material in cellular form; made by introducing gas bubbles during manufacture
verb: form bubbles; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water" [syn: {froth}, {fizz}, {effervesce}, {sparkle}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
151 Moby Thesaurus words for "foam": 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, clay, cobweb, collar, cork, cream, cushion, deck gun, deluge set, dough, down, dribble, drivel, driven snow, drool, dust, effervescence, eiderdown, ether, expectoration, extinguisher, fairy, feather, feather bed, feathers, ferment, fire apparatus, fire engine, fire hose, fire hydrant, fireplug, fizz, fleece, floss, flour, flue, fluff, foam extinguisher, froth, fume, fuzz, gossamer, head, hook-and-ladder, ivory, kapok, ladder pipe, lather, lily, maggot, mantle, meringue, milk, mote, mousse, mouth-watering, offscum, paper, pearl, pillow, plash, plush, ptyalism, pudding, puff, pumper, putty, rubber, saliva, salivation, satin, scud, scum, sea foam, seethe, sheet, shower, sialagogue, silk, silver, simmer, slabber, slaver, slobber, slosh, snorkel, snow, soapsuds, soda, souffle, sparge, sparkle, spatter, spindrift, spit, spittle, splash, splatter, sponge, spoondrift, spray, sprinkle, sprinkler, sprinkler head, sprinkler system, spume, sputum, stew, stinging, stir, straw, sud, suds, super-pumper, surf, swan, swansdown, swash, thistledown, velvet, water, water cannon, wax, wet blanket, whip, whisk, white water, wool, yeast, zephyr
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Foam (Hos. 10:7), the rendering of _ketseph_, which properly means twigs or splinters (as rendered in the LXX. and marg. R.V.). The expression in Hosea may therefore be read, "as a chip on the face of the water," denoting the helplessness of the piece of wood as compared with the irresistable current.
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