froth

«froth» in Mova's school dictionary: lots of small bubbles on top of a liquid, like foam on a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (froth — uncountable); verb (froth, froths, frothed, frothing)

meaning for a pupil

1) Froth is lots of small bubbles on top of a liquid, like foam on a milkshake. tree →

2) To froth means to make or have froth. tree →

3) Froth can mean something light and fun but not very important, like froth in a story or show. tree →

4) (informal) To froth at the mouth means to be extremely angry. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life: frothy coffee, milkshakes, bubble baths; in science, bubbles of gas trapped in liquid; in stories, an angry character frothing at the mouth; phrases: froth up, froth at the mouth.

examples

• The milkshake had a thick froth on top. tree →
• Waves left froth on the sand. tree →
• Mum frothed the milk for her coffee. tree →
• The angry man was frothing at the mouth. tree →
• That film is just froth, but it's fun. tree →

note

Uncountable. Adjective: frothy. Similar: foam, bubbles.

In the corpora

• Pour vinegar onto a heap of baking soda and it froths up like a witch's cauldron.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «froth» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.