to froth

Examples

• All

• Just mix Beam Dream into hot water or milk, stir or froth and enjoy before bedtime.

  Megyn Kelly

• It almost frothed up better too, so that's exciting.

  Julia Adams MUA

• Put the matcha in the milk and then we're going to froth that two pinches of green.

• Beyond the launch towers, the sea was a wild madhouse of frothing whitecapped waves.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Atlantic combers pounded and swirled, frothing across a desolate beach.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Water sluggishly pools in the bay areas, frothing against the shoreline like freshly poured beer.

  Blog text (24)

• At the water's slapping, hissing, frothing edge, sandpipers scurry and halt, stab the foam for some morsel, and scurry on.

  Fiction book (1990)

• She used a handheld mixer to froth the cream for her coffee, creating a light and airy texture.

• Before serving the matcha tea, be sure to froth the milk properly for the best flavor.

Synonyms

B

to bubble

vsto froth

32 1.0

To make small round pockets of air appear in a liquid

focuses on single bubbles rather than a mass of them

F

to foam

vsto froth

23 1.7

To become covered with small bubbles, like milk when heated

means the same bubbling mass but is more general in use

L

to lather

vsto froth

7 3.1

To make small bubbles with soap and water

is broader, covering bubbling without rubbing or soap

S

to sparkle

vsto froth

6 3.0

To form many small bubbles, as in champagne

is mainly about producing many small bubbles rather than shining

F

to fizz

vsto froth

3 3.0

To make bubbles and a soft hissing sound in a liquid

is the bubbling action without implying any sound

F

to foam up

vsto froth

1 2.8

To become covered with bubbles

describes the same change but emphasizes becoming covered

F

to form bubbles

vsto froth

1 2.9

Make small round pockets of air inside or on a liquid

expresses the same effect but as a simple descriptive phrase

E

to effervesce

vsto froth

1 8.2

To make small bubbles in a liquid or to behave in a lively, excited way

is the physical bubbling here, not the added sense of liveliness

S

to spume

vsto froth

• Literature

9.1

To form foam on the top of a liquid

is the same process described with a different word

S

to suds

vsto froth

5.3

To form bubbles and foam in a liquid

is the general bubbling action, not limited to soap use

Antonyms

S

to settle

540 2.8

To become calm and still after movement or excitement

D

to deflate

18 3.1

To let air out of something so it becomes smaller or loses its shape

Idioms

F

to froth at the mouth

• Informal

5 8.6

To be extremely angry and unable to control oneself

How Frothy

to foam

23 1.7

to froth

10 3.0

to fizz

3 3.0

to bubble

32 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology