afoamadj.adv.

Brit.

/əˈfəʊm/, U.S.

/əˈfoʊm/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix³, foam n., foam v.

Etymology: < a- prefix³ + either foam n. or foam v.

A. adj.

In predicative use: foaming; covered with or full of foam. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [adjective] > perspiring or foaming

foaming1590

afoam1849

1686 N. Tate et al. tr. Heliodorus Æthiopian Hist. iii. 104 They scorned the command of the Bit; making it all a foam.

1828 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 23 818/1 The waves a-ripple and a-foam with the rapid ebb.

1849 C. Brontë Shirley III. ix. 204 With steed afoam.

1927 Amer. Mercury May 66/1 To reach it from the town one climbed a piney hill,..skirting a lovely lake of herd grass all afoam with flowers.

1948 ‘R. Crompton’ Family Roundabout iv. 46 They walked down the road between tall hedges a-foam with Queen Anne's Lace.

2005 Canad. Home Workshop (Nexis) Nov. 82 The dishwasher made appropriate humming sounds and all seemed well until, about 20 minutes later, I saw a finger of foam creeping into the hall. I dashed to the kitchen..and found it afoam. Wrong detergent.

B. adv.

In or into a foaming state; so as to be covered in foam. Also figurative.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [adverb] > perspiring

afoam1864

1828 Blackwoods Edinb. Mag. Dec. 701 Then a rattle o' thunder, till earth shakes wi' a' her quiverin woods, and the lochs are seen tumbling a' afoam in the levin!

1831 J. S. Knowles Alfred the Great i. i. 15 Would'st thou have me set A foam again!—Nay, Ina, if I rage, 'Tis not at thee!

1864 A. C. Swinburne Atalanta 1230 At the King's word I rode afoam for thine.

1911 Cent. Mag. Apr. 942/2 The Cormorant sprang past her with black sides flashing like the hide of a Trakehnen stallion, white fire spraying from seven hundred feet of crystal and brass, and a creamy-white old genius of the sea sitting afoam at her sharp forefoot.

2011 J. M. Greer Wealth of Nature i. 11 You are horrified to see waves crashing over black jagged rocks not far from the ship, setting the sea afoam.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	afoam
释义	afoamadj.adv. Brit. /əˈfəʊm/, U.S. /əˈfoʊm/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix³, foam n., foam v. Etymology: < a- prefix³ + either foam n. or foam v. A. adj. In predicative use: foaming; covered with or full of foam. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [adjective] > perspiring or foaming foaming1590 afoam1849 1686 N. Tate et al. tr. Heliodorus Æthiopian Hist. iii. 104 They scorned the command of the Bit; making it all a foam. 1828 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 23 818/1 The waves a-ripple and a-foam with the rapid ebb. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley III. ix. 204 With steed afoam. 1927 Amer. Mercury May 66/1 To reach it from the town one climbed a piney hill,..skirting a lovely lake of herd grass all afoam with flowers. 1948 ‘R. Crompton’ Family Roundabout iv. 46 They walked down the road between tall hedges a-foam with Queen Anne's Lace. 2005 Canad. Home Workshop (Nexis) Nov. 82 The dishwasher made appropriate humming sounds and all seemed well until, about 20 minutes later, I saw a finger of foam creeping into the hall. I dashed to the kitchen..and found it afoam. Wrong detergent. B. adv. In or into a foaming state; so as to be covered in foam. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [adverb] > perspiring afoam1864 1828 Blackwoods Edinb. Mag. Dec. 701 Then a rattle o' thunder, till earth shakes wi' a' her quiverin woods, and the lochs are seen tumbling a' afoam in the levin! 1831 J. S. Knowles Alfred the Great i. i. 15 Would'st thou have me set A foam again!—Nay, Ina, if I rage, 'Tis not at thee! 1864 A. C. Swinburne Atalanta 1230 At the King's word I rode afoam for thine. 1911 Cent. Mag. Apr. 942/2 The Cormorant sprang past her with black sides flashing like the hide of a Trakehnen stallion, white fire spraying from seven hundred feet of crystal and brass, and a creamy-white old genius of the sea sitting afoam at her sharp forefoot. 2011 J. M. Greer Wealth of Nature i. 11 You are horrified to see waves crashing over black jagged rocks not far from the ship, setting the sea afoam. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.adv.1686
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