boil vs foam

boil

verb
  • To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation. 

  • To feel uncomfortably hot. 

  • To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid. 

  • To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil. 

  • To begin to turn into a gas, seethe. 

  • To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas. 

  • To be uncomfortably hot. 

  • To cook in boiling water. 

  • To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce. 

noun
  • The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour; the boiling point. 

  • A dish of boiled food, especially seafood. 

  • A social event at which people gather to boil and eat food, especially seafood. (Compare a bake or clambake.) 

  • The collective noun for a group of hawks. 

  • A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection. 

foam

verb
  • To form or emit foam. 

  • To spew saliva as foam; to foam at the mouth. 

  • To coat or cover with foam. 

noun
  • A collection of small bubbles created when the surface of a body of water is moved by tides, wind, etc. 

  • A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially 

  • Fury. 

  • A material formed by trapping pockets of gas in a liquid or solid. 

  • A collection of small bubbles on the surface of a liquid that is heated, fermented or carbonated. 

  • A collection of small bubbles created by mixing soap with water. 

  • A collection of small bubbles formed by mixing an extinguishing agent with water, used to cover and extinguish fires. 

  • A collection of small bubbles formed from bodily fluids such as saliva or sweat. 

  • The sea. 

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