froth

froth

1. vaahto

2. yhteys|kuva|k=en kuoha

Synonyymisanakirja

froth

partavaahto, kupla, vaahto, pintavaahto, saippuavaahto.

Englannin sanakirja

froth (englanti > suomi)

1. vaahto

2. hömppä colloquial, pintavaahto

3. vaahdottaa

4. vaahdota, kuplia

froth englanniksi

1. foam

2. {{quote-book

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3. puhekieltä unimportant events or actions; drivel

4. L'Estrange

It was a long speech, but all froth.

Thousands of African children die each day: why do the newspapers continue to discuss unnecessary showbiz froth?

5. puhekieltä To create froth in (a liquid).

6. 1859, (w), (w), Book Two, Chapter 7, http://www.gutenberg.org/files/98/98-h/98-h.htm

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.

I like to froth my coffee for ten seconds exactly.

7. puhekieltä (of a liquid) To bubble.

8. 1842, (w), “(w),” lines 21-4, http://www.bartleby.com/42/777.html

Colder and louder blew the wind,

A gale from the Northeast,

The snow fell hissing in the brine,

And the billows frothed like yeast.

9. 1973, “Black Day in Brussels,” w:Time (magazine)|Time, 19 February, 1973, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,906874,00.html

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.

10. puhekieltä To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.

11. 1690, (w), Don Sebastian, a Tragedy, Act I, Scene 1, http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16402/16402-h/16402-h.htmpage_271

The Mufti reddens; mark that holy cheek.

He frets within, froths treason at his mouth,

And churns it thro’ his teeth (..)

12. 1859, (w), “Merlin and Vivien” in (w), http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/610/pg610-images.html

(..) is your spleen frothed out, or have ye more?

13. puhekieltä (literally) To spew saliva as froth; (figuratively) to rage, vent one's anger.

14. 1958, (w), (w) (1938), translated by (w), London: Secker and Warburg, Book XIII,

The clumsy suckling struck out with her still soft claws,

opened her frothing mouth until her milk teeth shone.

15. 1962, “Riding Crime's Crest” in w:Time (magazine)|Time, 25 April, 1962, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,896267,00.html

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).

16. puhekieltä To cover with froth.

A horse froths his chain.

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