"foam up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: foams up [present, singular, third-person], foaming up [participle, present], foamed up [participle, past], foamed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} foam up (third-person singular simple present foams up, present participle foaming up, simple past and past participle foamed up)
  1. (intransitive) To become foamy, create a foam; to rise with a foamy surface or covered with something resembling foam Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-foam_up-en-verb-~I2-Hf8o
  2. (intransitive, figurative) To take place, arise, erupt, develop. Tags: figuratively, intransitive
    Sense id: en-foam_up-en-verb-MbwpnCRU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 41 32 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 17 58 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 56 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 67 20
  3. (transitive) To cause to become foamy; to cover with foam. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-foam_up-en-verb-rNifCub-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (become foamy): froth up
Disambiguation of 'become foamy': 48 5 48

Inflected forms

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