barm Synonyms & Antonyms
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Barm as a Noun
bosom
lap
Foam rising upon beer or other malt liquors when fermenting, used as leaven in brewing and making bread; yeast.
A small, round, flat individual loaf or roll of bread.
(obsolete outside dialectal) Bosom, lap.
Foam rising upon beer, or other malt liquors, when fermenting, and used as leaven in making bread and in brewing; yeast.
A small, flat, round individual loaf or roll of bread.
Barm as a Verb
To spurge; foam
Word Forms & Grammar
barm (plural barms)
barm (countable and uncountable, plural barms)
barm (third-person singular simple present barms, present participle barming, simple past and past participle barmed)
Origin of Barm
Origin 1: From Middle English barm, barme, berm, bearm, from Old English bearm (“lap; bosom”), from Proto-West Germanic *barm, from Proto-Germanic *barmaz (“lap; bosom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear”). Cognate with German Barm (“lap; bosom”).
Origin 2: From Middle English berme, berm, from Old English beorma, from Proto-West Germanic *bermō (“yeast; barm”); related to the dialectal Low German Bärm (“yeast”), from Middle Low German barm, berm. The cake sense is possibly a shortened form of barmcake, which would be made with yeast as described in that sense, or possibly it is from the Irish bairín breac, a type of bread.
Origin 3: From Middle English bermen, from the noun (see above).
Word Facts for Barm
| Part of speech | noun, verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /bɑːm/ |
| Meaning | bosom |
| Plural | barms |
| Verb forms | barms, barming, barmed |
Frequently Asked Questions About Barm
Is barm a noun or a verb?
Barm is mainly used as a noun, but it can also be used as a verb.
What is the plural of barm?
The plural of barm is barms.
What is the past tense of barm?
The past tense of barm is barmed. The present participle is barming.