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froth

n. நுரை, குமிழிகளின் தொகுதி, நீர்மத்திலுள்ள கசடு, பயனற்ற பொருள், வெட்டிப்பேச்சு, (வினை) நுரை பொங்கு, நுரை திரட்டு, நுரைக்கும் படி செய்.


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Froth, n. Etym: [OE. frothe, Icel. frotha; akin to Dan. fraade, Sw. fradga, AS. afreothan to froth.] 1. The bubbles caused in fluids or liquors by fermentation or agitation; spume; foam; esp., a spume of saliva caused by disease or nervous excitement. 2. Any empty, senseless show of wit or eloquence; rhetoric without thought. Johnson. It was a long speech, but all froth. L'Estrange. 3. Light, unsubstantial matter. Tusser. Froth insect (Zoöl.), the cuckoo spit or frog hopper; -- called also froth spit, froth worm, and froth fly. -- Froth spit. See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo. Froth, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frothed; p. pr. & vb. n.. Frothing.] 1. To cause to foam. 2. To spit, vent, or eject, as froth. He . . . froths treason at his mouth. Dryden. Is your spleen frothed out, or have ye more Tennyson. 3. To cover with froth; as, a horse froths his chain. Froth, v. i. Defn: To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beer froths; a horse froths.


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