foam

foam
I [fəʊm]
nome
1) (on sea, drinks) spuma f., schiuma f.; (on bath) schiuma f.
2) (on animal) sudore m.
3) (from mouth) schiuma f., bava f.
4) (chemical) schiuma f.
5) (made of rubber, plastic) gomma f. espansa, gommapiuma® f.
II [fəʊm]
verbo intransitivo
1) (anche foam up) (froth) [beer, water] spumare; [sea] spumeggiare

to foam at the mouth — avere la schiuma alla bocca (anche fig.)

2) (sweat) [horse] sudare
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[foum] 1. noun
(a mass of small bubbles on the surface of liquids etc.) schiuma, spuma
2. verb
(to produce foam: the beer foamed in the glass.) fare la schiuma
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[fəʊm]
1. n
(gen) schiuma
2. vi
(sea) spumeggiare

to foam at the mouth — avere la schiuma alla bocca

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foam /fəʊm/
n. [u]
1 schiuma; spuma: shaving foam, schiuma da barba; a beer with a thick head of foam, una birra con un alto colletto di schiuma
2 schiuma alla bocca; bava
3 (poet.) mare
4 (slang USA) birra
5 (= foam rubber) gommapiuma: foam mattress, materasso di gommapiuma
foam board, foglio di polistirolo rivestito di carta; polyplat, poliplat □ foam extinguisher, estintore a schiuma; schiumogeno □ foam glass, vetro multicellulare.
(to) foam /fəʊm/
A v. i.
schiumare; spumeggiare; (del sapone, ecc.) fare schiuma: foaming beer, birra che schiuma (o spuma); The sea was foaming, il mare spumeggiava
B v. t.
far schiumare; far fare la schiuma a
to be foaming at the mouth, avere la schiuma alla bocca; (fig.) essere furibondo □ to foam with anger, schiumare di rabbia; essere furibondo.
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I [fəʊm]
nome
1) (on sea, drinks) spuma f., schiuma f.; (on bath) schiuma f.
2) (on animal) sudore m.
3) (from mouth) schiuma f., bava f.
4) (chemical) schiuma f.
5) (made of rubber, plastic) gomma f. espansa, gommapiuma® f.
II [fəʊm]
verbo intransitivo
1) (anche foam up) (froth) [beer, water] spumare; [sea] spumeggiare

to foam at the mouth — avere la schiuma alla bocca (anche fig.)

2) (sweat) [horse] sudare

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