Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - froth
Froth
froth
n. & v. --n. 1 a a collection of small bubbles in liquid, caused by shaking, fermenting, etc.; foam. b impure matter on liquid, scum. 2 a idle talk or ideas. b anything unsubstantial or of little worth. --v. 1 intr. emit or gather froth (frothing at the mouth). 2 tr. cause (beer etc.) to foam. Phrases and idioms froth-blower Brit. joc. a beer-drinker (esp. as a designation of a member of a charitable organization). Derivatives frothily adv. frothiness n. frothy adj. (frothier, frothiest). Etymology: ME f. ON frotha, frauth f. Gmc
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I. noun (plural ~s) Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse ~a; akin to Old English āfrēothan to ~ Date: 14th century 1. bubbles formed in or on a liquid ; foam, a foamy slaver sometimes accompanying disease or exhaustion, something resembling ~ (as in being unsubstantial, worthless, or light and airy), II. verb Date: 14th century intransitive verb to foam at the mouth, to throw ~ out or up, to become covered with or as if with ~ , transitive verb to cause to foam, to cover with ~, vent, voice ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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