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Lather Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Lather? [n] the foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse) [n] the froth produced by soaps or detergents [n] a workman who puts up laths [n] agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams" [v] rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning [v] form a lather; "The shaving cream lathered" [v] cover with soap [v] beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Lather: flog \| fret \| lash \| slash \| soap \| soap \| soapsuds \| stew \| strap \| suds \| sweat \| swither \| trounce \| welt \| whip Related Terms \| Find terms related to Lather: aerate \| anxiety \| baptize \| bath \| bathe \| beaded brow \| beads of sweat \| beat \| beat all hollow \| beat hollow \| belabor \| best \| BO \| body odor \| bother \| breakers \| breathless impatience \| buffet \| bustle \| chafing \| clamor \| cold sweat \| collar \| cream \| defeat \| destroy \| diaphoresis \| disquietude \| dither \| do in \| douche \| dress down \| drub \| eagerness \| excitement \| exudate \| exudation \| fix \| flagellate \| flail \| flap \| flax \| flog \| flush \| flush out \| fluster \| flusteration \| flustration \| flutter \| foam \| foofaraw \| fret \| fretfulness \| fretting \| froth \| fuss \| gargle \| give a dressing-down \| hassle \| haste \| head \| hide \| holystone \| honest sweat \| hors de combat \| hubbub \| impatience \| impatientness \| impetuousness \| irrigate \| lambaste \| larrup \| lash \| launder \| lave \| leather \| lick \| mantle \| maul \| meringue \| mop \| mop up \| mousse \| offscum \| outclass \| outdo \| outfight \| outgeneral \| outmaneuver \| outpoint \| outrun \| outsail \| outshine \| paddle \| perspiration \| perspiration odor \| pother \| pucker \| puff \| pummel \| put \| restiveness \| restlessness \| rinse \| rinse out \| ritually immerse \| ruin \| scour \| scrub \| scrub up \| scud \| scum \| sea foam \| settle \| shampoo \| shower \| skin \| skin alive \| sluice \| sluice out \| soap \| soapsuds \| souffle \| spindrift \| sponge \| spoondrift \| spray \| spume \| state \| stew \| stinging \| streams of sweat \| sud \| sudor \| sudoresis \| suds \| surf \| swab \| sweat \| swelter \| swivet \| syringe \| tan \| tense readiness \| thrash \| tizzy \| toivel \| trim \| triumph over \| trounce \| tub \| turmoil \| twitter \| twitteration \| undo \| uneasiness \| unpatientness \| unquietness \| wallop \| wash \| wash out \| wash up \| water \| welt \| whack \| whale \| whip \| whisk \| white water \| worst \| yeast See Also \| agitation \| beat \| beat up \| birch \| cat \| clean \| cleanse \| cover \| cowhide \| flagellate \| foam \| foam \| froth \| froth \| horsewhip \| lave \| scourge \| shaving cream \| shaving soap \| spume \| suds \| switch \| wash \| work over \| working man \| working person \| workman Lather In Webster's Dictionary \Lath"er\, n. [AS. le['a][eth]or niter, in le['a][eth]orwyrt soapwort; cf. Icel. lau?r; perh. akin to E. lye.] 1. Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water. 2. Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse. \Lath"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lathered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lathering}.] [AS. l[=e][eth]rian to lather, anoint. See {Lather}, n. ] To spread over with lather; as, to lather the face. \Lath"er\, v. i. To form lather, or a froth like lather; to accumulate foam from profuse sweating, as a horse. \Lath"er\, v. t. [Cf. {Leather}.] To beat severely with a thong, strap, or the like; to flog. [Low]

Lather Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lather?

[n] the foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse)
[n] the froth produced by soaps or detergents
[n] a workman who puts up laths
[n] agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams"
[v] rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning
[v] form a lather; "The shaving cream lathered"
[v] cover with soap
[v] beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"

Lather In Webster's Dictionary

\Lath"er\, n. [AS. le['a][eth]or niter, in
le['a][eth]orwyrt soapwort; cf. Icel. lau?r; perh. akin to E.
lye.]
1. Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water.

2. Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.


\Lath"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lathered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Lathering}.] [AS. l[=e][eth]rian to lather, anoint. See
{Lather}, n. ]
To spread over with lather; as, to lather the face.


\Lath"er\, v. i.
To form lather, or a froth like lather; to accumulate foam
from profuse sweating, as a horse.


\Lath"er\, v. t. [Cf. {Leather}.]
To beat severely with a thong, strap, or the like; to flog.
[Low]

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