froth – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of froth

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to froth
Participle: frothed
Gerund: frothing

Cognates

See the 3 cognates of froth

Indicative

Present

Ifroth
youfroth
he;she;itfroths
wefroth
youfroth
theyfroth

Perfect

Ihave frothed
youhave frothed
he;she;ithas frothed
wehave frothed
youhave frothed
theyhave frothed

Past

Ifrothed
youfrothed
he;she;itfrothed
wefrothed
youfrothed
theyfrothed

Pluperfect

Ihad frothed
youhad frothed
he;she;ithad frothed
wehad frothed
youhad frothed
theyhad frothed

Future

Iwill froth
youwill froth
he;she;itwill froth
wewill froth
youwill froth
theywill froth

Future Perfect

Iwill have frothed
youwill have frothed
he;she;itwill have frothed
wewill have frothed
youwill have frothed
theywill have frothed

Subjunctive

Present

Ifroth
youfroth
he;she;itfroth
wefroth
youfroth
theyfroth

Perfect

Ihave frothed
youhave frothed
he;she;ithave frothed
wehave frothed
youhave frothed
theyhave frothed

Imperfect

Ifrothed
youfrothed
he;she;itfrothed
wefrothed
youfrothed
theyfrothed

Pluperfect

Ihad frothed
youhad frothed
he;she;ithad frothed
wehad frothed
youhad frothed
theyhad frothed

Conditional

Present

Iwould froth
youwould froth
he;she;itwould froth
wewould froth
youwould froth
theywould froth

Perfect

Iwould have frothed
youwould have frothed
he;she;itwould have frothed
wewould have frothed
youwould have frothed
theywould have frothed

Imperative

youfroth
weLet's froth
youfroth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam frothing
youare frothing
he;she;itis frothing
weare frothing
youare frothing
theyare frothing

Perfect

Ihave been frothing
youhave been frothing
he;she;ithas been frothing
wehave been frothing
youhave been frothing
theyhave been frothing

Past

Iwas frothing
youwere frothing
he;she;itwas frothing
wewere frothing
youwere frothing
theywere frothing

Pluperfect

Ihad been frothing
youhad been frothing
he;she;ithad been frothing
wehad been frothing
youhad been frothing
theyhad been frothing

Future

Iwill be frothing
youwill be frothing
he;she;itwill be frothing
wewill be frothing
youwill be frothing
theywill be frothing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been frothing
youwill have been frothing
he;she;itwill have been frothing
wewill have been frothing
youwill have been frothing
theywill have been frothing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be frothing
youwould be frothing
he;she;itwould be frothing
wewould be frothing
youwould be frothing
theywould be frothing

Perfect

Iwould have been frothing
youwould have been frothing
he;she;itwould have been frothing
wewould have been frothing
youwould have been frothing
theywould have been frothing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'froth'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'froth'

frith, frosh, frot, frote, troth, awroth, crotch, fifth, flote, foot,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. c.1300, from O.N. froða, from Gmc. *freuth-. O.E. had afreoðan "to froth," from the same root.
2. From Middle English froth, frooth, froþ, likely a borrowing from Old Norse froða, from Proto-Germanic *fruþǭ; Old English āfrēoþan (“to foam, froth”) is from same Germanic root. Verb attested from late 14th century. Compare Swedish fradga. See: Swedish 'fradga'.

Verbs referencing "froth"

Danish fråde, Sanskrit प्रोथति.

Sample Sentences

  • I like to froth my coffee for ten seconds exactly.
  • One lacquey carried the chocolate-pot into the sacred presence; a second, milled and frothed the chocolate with the little instrument he bore for that function; a third, presented the favoured napkin; a fourth (he of the two gold watches), poured the chocolate out. [1859, Charles Dickens, “Book Two, Chapter 7”, in A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:]
  • These sources do not, however, state why the drink is called lambswool. The name comes from the way the apples are roasted until they split open, and their pulp froths over the skin; this is used to float on top of the bowl of drink. [2024 September 6, Ceri Sullivan, “Shakespeare’s Will, Lambswool, and Puck’s Joke”, in Notes and Queries, volume 71, number 4, Oxford University Press, →DOI, page 406:]
  • Colder and louder blew the wind,
  • A gale from the Northeast,
  • The snow fell hissing in the brine,
  • And the billows frothed like yeast. [1842, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Wreck of the Hesperus, lines 21–4:]
  • English beer, along with European brews, is already the subject of an EEC investigation to determine whether additives like stabilizers (used to prevent frothing during shipment) should be allowed. [1973 February 19, “Black Day in Brussels”, in Time:]
  • The Mufti reddens; mark that holy cheek.
  • He frets within, froths treason at his mouth,
  • And churns it thro’ his teeth […] [1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, Act I, page 14:]
  • […] is your spleen frothed out, or have ye more? [1859, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page)”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC:]
  • The clumsy suckling struck out with her still soft claws,
  • opened her frothing mouth until her milk teeth shone. [1958, Nikos Kazantzakis, translated by Kimon Friar, The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel, London: Secker and Warburg, published 1938, Book XIII:]
  • As doctors tried in vain to save April's right eye, news stories frothed at her assailant. He was “fiendish” (the Examiner), “sadistic” (the News-Call Bulletin), “probably a sexual psychopath” (the Chronicle). [1962 April 25, “Riding Crime's Crest”, in Time:]
  • A horse froths his chain.