Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a state of foam; foaming: as, the water was all afoam.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a foaming state.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective In a
foaming state. - adverb In a
foaming state.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Examples
-
You reach it from Camden Road up a slanting lane opposite the excellent Coffee@Camden caff, the verge afoam with cow parsley in late spring.
-
The short grass of the cliffs, too, thou didst love, where thou wouldst lie, and watch, with the tunny watcher till the deep blue sea was broken by the burnished sides of the tunny shoal, and afoam with their gambols in the brine.
-
Wars, grim wars I discern, and Tiber afoam with streams of blood.
-
Though the horse was all afoam with sweat, showing that it had been ridden far and fast; it did not pant or show a sign of weariness.
-
Orchards of old Devon, all afoam with snowy bloom?
-
Going outside with an escort, raving with lips all afoam;
-
For they're wild as mountain eagles and their sides are all afoam;
-
When I reached the wharf, with my horse all afoam, there was indeed the Golden Horn down the river, coming in.
The Heart's Highway: A Romance of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century
-
Of the bay, with their jagged peaks afoam; and the Captain thought
-
When I reached the wharf, with my horse all afoam, there was indeed the Golden Horn down the river, coming in.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.