lather
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lath·er
(lăth′ər)n.
1. A foam formed by soap or detergent agitated in water, as in washing or shaving.
2. Froth formed by profuse sweating, as on a horse.
3. Informal A condition of anxious or heated discomposure; agitation: The students were in a lather over the proposed restrictions.
v. lath·ered, lath·er·ing, lath·ers
v.tr.
1. To spread with or as if with lather.
2. Informal To give a beating to; whip.
v.intr.
1. To produce lather; foam.
2. To become coated with lather.
[Probably from Middle English latheren, to wash or soak clothes, from Old English lēthran, to cover with lather; see leu(ə)- in Indo-European roots.]
lath′er·er n.
lath′er·y adj.
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lather
(ˈlɑːðə; ˈlæ-)n
1. foam or froth formed by the action of soap or a detergent in water
2. foam formed by other liquid, such as the sweat of a horse
3. informal a state of agitation or excitement
vb
4. to coat or become coated with lather
5. (intr) to form a lather
[Old English lēathor soap; related to Old Norse lauthr foam]
ˈlathery adj
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lath•er
(ˈlæð ər)n.
1. foam or froth made by a detergent, esp. soap, stirred or rubbed in water.
2. foam or froth formed in profuse sweating, as on a horse.
3. Informal. a state of excitement, agitation, or the like.
v.i.4. to form a lather: a soap that lathers well.
5. to become covered with lather, as a horse.
v.t.6. to apply lather to; cover with lather.
7. Informal. to beat or whip.
[before 950; Middle English; Old English lēathor soap]
lath′er•er, n.
lath′er•y, adj.
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lather
Past participle: lathered
Gerund: lathering
Imperative |
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lather |
lather |
Present |
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I lather |
you lather |
he/she/it lathers |
we lather |
you lather |
they lather |
Preterite |
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I lathered |
you lathered |
he/she/it lathered |
we lathered |
you lathered |
they lathered |
Present Continuous |
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I am lathering |
you are lathering |
he/she/it is lathering |
we are lathering |
you are lathering |
they are lathering |
Present Perfect |
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I have lathered |
you have lathered |
he/she/it has lathered |
we have lathered |
you have lathered |
they have lathered |
Past Continuous |
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I was lathering |
you were lathering |
he/she/it was lathering |
we were lathering |
you were lathering |
they were lathering |
Past Perfect |
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I had lathered |
you had lathered |
he/she/it had lathered |
we had lathered |
you had lathered |
they had lathered |
Future |
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I will lather |
you will lather |
he/she/it will lather |
we will lather |
you will lather |
they will lather |
Future Perfect |
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I will have lathered |
you will have lathered |
he/she/it will have lathered |
we will have lathered |
you will have lathered |
they will have lathered |
Future Continuous |
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I will be lathering |
you will be lathering |
he/she/it will be lathering |
we will be lathering |
you will be lathering |
they will be lathering |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been lathering |
you have been lathering |
he/she/it has been lathering |
we have been lathering |
you have been lathering |
they have been lathering |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been lathering |
you will have been lathering |
he/she/it will have been lathering |
we will have been lathering |
you will have been lathering |
they will have been lathering |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been lathering |
you had been lathering |
he/she/it had been lathering |
we had been lathering |
you had been lathering |
they had been lathering |
Conditional |
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I would lather |
you would lather |
he/she/it would lather |
we would lather |
you would lather |
they would lather |
Past Conditional |
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I would have lathered |
you would have lathered |
he/she/it would have lathered |
we would have lathered |
you would have lathered |
they would have lathered |
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun | 1. | ![]() shaving cream, shaving soap - toiletry consisting of a preparation of soap and fatty acids that forms a rich lather for softening the beard before shaving foam, froth - a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid; "the beer had a thick head of foam" |
2. | ![]() agitation - a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance | |
3. | lather - a workman who puts up laths working man, working person, workingman, workman - an employee who performs manual or industrial labor | |
4. | lather - the foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse) foam, froth - a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid; "the beer had a thick head of foam" | |
Verb | 1. | ![]() beat up, work over, beat - give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students" flagellate, scourge - whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves" leather - whip with a leather strap horsewhip - whip with a whip intended for horses switch - flog with or as if with a flexible rod cowhide - flog with a cowhide cat - beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails birch - whip with a birch twig |
2. | lather - form a lather; "The shaving cream lathered" effervesce, fizz, foam, form bubbles, froth, sparkle - become bubbly or frothy or foaming; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water" | |
3. | lather - exude sweat or lather; "this unfit horse lathers easily" froth - exude or expel foam; "the angry man was frothing at the mouth" | |
4. | lather - rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning cleanse, clean - clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing; "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner" |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
lather
noun
2. (Informal) fluster, state (informal), sweat, fever, fuss, flap (informal), stew (informal), dither (chiefly Brit.), twitter (informal), tizzy (informal), pother 'I'm not going to get into a lather over this defeat,' said the manager.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
lather
noun1. A mass of bubbles in or on the surface of a liquid:
2. Moisture excreted through the pores of the skin:
3. Informal. A state of discomposure:
1. To form or cause to form foam:
2. To excrete moisture through the pores of the skin:
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Translations
رَغْوَهعَرَق أو رَغوَه عل رقَبَة الحِصان
pěna
skum
nasapunjatisapunicasapunjati
szappanhabtajték
sápa; froîasviti
putasziepju putas
piana mydlana
nasapunjatisapunicasapunjatiнасапуњатисапуница
köpüksabun köpürmeksabunlamak
lather
[ˈlæðəʳ]
B. VT [+ one's face] → enjabonarse
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
lather
(ˈlaːðə) noun1. foam made up of soap bubbles. Add the soap to the water and work up a good lather.
2. a foam of sweat appearing eg on a horse's neck.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
lather
n. jabonadura, espuma de jabón.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
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On Sunday morning, after breakfast, when Billy was starting to go to the barber shop, she led him into the bedroom, whisked a towel aside, and revealed the razor box, shaving mug, soap, brush, and lather all ready.
Why he had to go he did not know; but after his after-dinner nap he gave orders to saddle Mars, an extremely vicious gray stallion that had not been ridden for a long time, and when he returned with the horse all in a lather, he informed Lavrushka
As he prepared to make the first stroke of the razor, most of his face white with lather, he noticed a dark patch of skin on his forehead just between the eye-brows and above.
He stared at the sleek horse flecked with lather between his haunches and on his neck, where the harness rubbed, stared at Ivan the coachman sitting beside him, and remembered that he was expecting his brother, thought that his wife was most likely uneasy at his long absence, and tried to guess who was the visitor who had come with his brother.
The one with the basin approached, and with arch composure and impudence, thrust it under Don Quixote's chin, who, wondering at such a ceremony, said never a word, supposing it to be the custom of that country to wash beards instead of hands; he therefore stretched his out as far as he could, and at the same instant the jug began to pour and the damsel with the soap rubbed his beard briskly, raising snow-flakes, for the soap lather was no less white, not only over the beard, but all over the face, and over the eyes of the submissive knight, so that they were perforce obliged to keep shut.
He rose once to the surface in a lather of foam and blood and then sank again for good.
Mariette turned back to Penelope in a lather, and looked at Jacquelin as if she would say, "Mademoiselle has put her hand on a husband THIS time."
I once prevailed on the barber to give me some of the suds or lather, out of which I picked forty or fifty of the strongest stumps of hair.
Presently she emerged and gave herself into the hands of the slave girl, who rubbed the body of her mistress with a sweet smelling semi-liquid substance contained in a golden urn, until the glowing skin was covered with a foamy lather, then a quick plunge into the pool, a drying with soft towels, and the bath was over.
And there I stood in a breathless lather, much time and strength thrown away together; and the candle burning down for nothing in that little lofty window; and the running water swirling noisily over its stones at my back.
She thought it good for them to see that she could make an excellent lather while she corrected their blunders "without looking,"-- that a woman with her sleeves tucked up above her elbows might know all about the Subjunctive Mood or the Torrid Zone--that, in short, she might possess "education" and other good things ending in "tion," and worthy to be pronounced emphatically, without being a useless doll.
The proprietor, knowing that Miss Kenwigs had three sisters, each with two flaxen tails, and all good for sixpence apiece, once a month at least, promptly deserted an old gentleman whom he had just lathered for shaving, and handing him over to the journeyman, (who was not very popular among the ladies, by reason of his obesity and middle age,) waited on the young lady himself.
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