Foamed

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Covered or filled with a mass of small bubbles of air or gas ; produced small bubbles of gas in a liquid or surface, often by agitation
2. Having a layer or coating made up of frothy bubbles ; caused the formation of foam or froth, typically by mixing or agitation
3. Characterized by a bubbly or frothy texture on a surface ; to cause a liquid to become aerated and form a foam or frothy substance

Etymology: "Foamed" is the past tense and past participle of "foam," a verb that grew out of the noun. The noun descends from Old English "fām," which in turn traces back to a Proto-Germanic form "faimaz," and that ancestor shares roots with Latin "spūma," the source of English "spume," meaning foam or froth. The Latin word also gave us "pūmex," the root of "pumice," the volcanic rock so full of trapped gas bubbles that it floats on water. That connection is the most striking part of the family. A rock formed from frothing lava and a fleck of sea spray turn out to share a root, both named for the bubbling that produces them. Related forms also appear in German "Feim" and Sanskrit "phéna," showing how far back this idea of bubbling foam reaches in the Indo-European languages.

Synonyms: bubbled, frothing, spumed, effervesced, frothed