| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  frôth, fr th |
| NOUN: | 1. A mass of bubbles in or on a liquid; foam. 2. Salivary foam released as a result of disease or exhaustion. 3. Something unsubstantial or trivial. 4. A fit of resentment or vexation: was in a froth over the long delay. | | VERB: | Inflected forms: frothed, froth·ing, froths
(also frôth, frth) | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To cover with foam. 2. To cause to foam. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To exude or expel foam. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old Norse frodha.
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