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lather
1[lath-er]
noun
foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
foam or froth formed in profuse sweating, as on a horse.
Informal.a state of excitement, agitation, nervous tension, or the like.
He was in a lather over my delay.
verb (used without object)
to form a lather.
a soap that lathers well.
to become covered with lather, as a horse.
verb (used with object)
to apply lather to; cover with lather.
He lathered his face before shaving.
Informal.to beat or whip.
lather
2[lath-er, lah-ther]
noun
a worker who puts up laths.
lather
/ ˈlɑːðə, ˈlæ- /
noun
foam or froth formed by the action of soap or a detergent in water
foam formed by other liquid, such as the sweat of a horse
informala state of agitation or excitement
verb
to coat or become coated with lather
(intr) to form a lather
Other Word Forms
- latherer noun
- unlathered adjective
- ˈٳ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of lather1
Word History and Origins
Origin of lather1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
Featuring questionable special effects, costumes and rock star Sting lathered in baby oil, the Guardian's Charles Bramesco wrote that Lynch's experiments left the franchise "radioactive for decades".
Trump tends to be more oblique on this front, but he frequently works himself into a lather over defending slave-owners against those who keep saying slavery was a bad thing.
“Soap doesn’t lather as well with hard water,” said Campbell.
The apes picked leaves, chewed them into a green-white lather, and rubbed the substance onto their arms and legs.
Yet the only Wild Unknown deck on her bookshelf is the very first she printed — her “OG deck,” as she calls it, its box now lathered in black paint.
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