Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to foam
Participle: foamed
Gerund: foaming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | foam |
| you | foam |
| he;she;it | foams |
| we | foam |
| you | foam |
| they | foam |
Perfect
| I | have foamed |
| you | have foamed |
| he;she;it | has foamed |
| we | have foamed |
| you | have foamed |
| they | have foamed |
Past
| I | foamed |
| you | foamed |
| he;she;it | foamed |
| we | foamed |
| you | foamed |
| they | foamed |
Pluperfect
| I | had foamed |
| you | had foamed |
| he;she;it | had foamed |
| we | had foamed |
| you | had foamed |
| they | had foamed |
Future
| I | will foam |
| you | will foam |
| he;she;it | will foam |
| we | will foam |
| you | will foam |
| they | will foam |
Future Perfect
| I | will have foamed |
| you | will have foamed |
| he;she;it | will have foamed |
| we | will have foamed |
| you | will have foamed |
| they | will have foamed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | foam |
| you | foam |
| he;she;it | foam |
| we | foam |
| you | foam |
| they | foam |
Perfect
| I | have foamed |
| you | have foamed |
| he;she;it | have foamed |
| we | have foamed |
| you | have foamed |
| they | have foamed |
Imperfect
| I | foamed |
| you | foamed |
| he;she;it | foamed |
| we | foamed |
| you | foamed |
| they | foamed |
Pluperfect
| I | had foamed |
| you | had foamed |
| he;she;it | had foamed |
| we | had foamed |
| you | had foamed |
| they | had foamed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would foam |
| you | would foam |
| he;she;it | would foam |
| we | would foam |
| you | would foam |
| they | would foam |
Perfect
| I | would have foamed |
| you | would have foamed |
| he;she;it | would have foamed |
| we | would have foamed |
| you | would have foamed |
| they | would have foamed |
Imperative
| you | foam |
| we | Let's foam |
| you | foam |
Verbs conjugated like 'foam'
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 'foam'
flam,
foal,
foom,
form,
goam,
loam,
roam,
bam,
beam,
befoam,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
fam "foam, saliva froth," from W.Gmc.
*faima (cf. O.H.G.
veim, Ger.
Feim), from PIE
*poim(n)o- (cf. Skt.
phenah; L.
pumex "pumice,"
spuma "foam;" O.C.S.
pena "foam;" Lith.
spaine "a streak of foam"). The verb is from O.E.
famgian "to foam." The rubber or plastic variety so called from 1937.
2. From Middle English fom, foom, from Old English fām, from Proto-West Germanic *faim, from Proto-Germanic *faimaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)poHy-m-os, from *(s)poH(y)- (“foam”). Cognate with German Feim (“foam”), Latin spūma (“foam”), Latin pūmex (“pumice”), Sanskrit फेन (phéna, “foam”), possibly Northern Kurdish fê (“epilepsy”).
Verbs referencing "foam"
English
fumble, German, old spelling
feimen.
Sample Sentences
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It was but a moment. There was one hesitating pause,—one irresolute, relenting thrill,—and the spirit of evil came back, with seven-fold vehemence; and Legree, foaming with rage, smote his victim to the ground.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)