foaming

Other forms of foaming

comparative

foaminger·

superlative

foamingest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about foaming

What does foaming mean?

foaming means "emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in foaming?

foaming has 2 syllables: foa-ming. The stress falls on "foa". In IPA it is /ˈfoʊmɪŋ/.

What is another word for foaming?

Close synonyms include bubbling, bubbly, foamy, frothy, effervescing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is foaming a common word?

foaming is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.