1
a
: bubbles formed in or on a liquid : foam
b
: a foamy slaver sometimes accompanying disease or exhaustion
2
: something resembling froth (as in being unsubstantial, worthless, or light and airy)
frothed; frothing; froths
1
: to foam at the mouth
2
: to throw froth out or up
3
: to become covered with or as if with froth
whole groves froth with nodding blossoms—
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Examples of froth in a Sentence
Noun
news shows full of froth
froth on the ocean waves
Verb
The water frothed as the waves broke along the shore.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
The ocean releases microplastics into the air through surface froth and wave action.
—Leslie Hart, Discover Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024
Adriana Lee, WWD, 4 Nov. 2024
There’s no easy solution for Sports Interactive, no path forward that’s not going to upset some fans of the game, who are already frothing with anger on the company’s forums.
—Barry Collins, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Even Lu, most closed and supercilious of the bunch, has weird, troubled reservoirs of shame that gradually start to froth and bubble.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
The ocean releases microplastics into the air through surface froth and wave action.
—Leslie Hart, Discover Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024
Verb
Yet four years later, the argument still hasn’t been tried, while the cycle of public attention frothed and fizzled, with various starts and stops.
—Adriana Lee, WWD, 4 Nov. 2024
There’s no easy solution for Sports Interactive, no path forward that’s not going to upset some fans of the game, who are already frothing with anger on the company’s forums.
—Barry Collins, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Froth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/froth. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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froth
1 of 2 noun
plural froths
1
a
: bubbles formed in or on a liquid
b
: the foam produced by saliva in certain diseases or nervous excitement
2
: something of little value
frothily
adverb
ˈfrȯ-thə-lē
frothiness
noun
-thē-nəs
frothy
adjective
-thē
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