befoamv.
/bɪˈfəʊm/ transitive. To cover with foam.
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the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > charge with air or gas to cause effervescence [verb (transitive)] > cause to foam or froth > cover with foam or froth
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1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 372 Th' angry Steed..Befoames the path.
1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Meleager & Atalanta in Fables 106 And part he [sc. the boar] churns, and part befoams the Ground.
1863 W. Barnes Poems Rural Life in Dorset Dial. 50 The clear brook that did slide..befoam'd white as snow.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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befoam
befoam v. /biˈfoʊm/
Brit. /bᵻˈfəʊm/
, /bᵻˈfəʊm/U.S. /bəˈfoʊm/
, /bəˈfoʊm//biˈfoʊm/Π
1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Meleager & Atalanta in Fables 106 [The boar] befoams the Ground.
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