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foam up

B2 neutral separable both
In simple words

Make a lot of bubbles or froth, or become full of foam.

Literal meaning: To become covered in foam and rise upward — quite transparent.

Meanings

1 B2 neutral

Of a liquid or substance, to produce a large amount of foam or bubbles.

"The drain cleaner foamed up violently when it came into contact with the blockage."

Grammar: inseparable
2 B2 neutral

To cause a liquid to produce foam by agitating or heating it.

"He foamed up the milk with the steam wand before pouring it into the cappuccino."

Grammar: separable
Usage notes

Used for liquids, cleaning products, beer, soap, or any substance that produces foam when agitated or mixed. Can be intransitive ('the water foamed up') or transitive ('the barista foamed up the milk'). Also used in informal speech to describe someone becoming very agitated or angry ('foamed up with rage'), though this is rare.

Commonly used with

milk soap beer water cleanser mouth pipes

Forms

Base
foam up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
foams up
he/she/it
Past simple
foamed up
yesterday
Past participle
foamed up
have + pp
-ing form
foaming up
continuous

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