lather Definition
lather (lat̸h′ər)
noun
- the foam or froth formed by soap or other detergent in water
- foamy sweat, as that on a racehorse
- ☆ Slang an excited or agitated state
Etymology: ME < OE leathor, washing soda or soap, akin to ON lauthr, washing soda, foam < IE *loutro- < base *lou-, to lave
transitive verb
- to cover with lather
- Informal to flog soundly
intransitive verb
to form, or become covered with, lather
lather Synonyms
lather Synonyms
lather Usage Examples
Preposition: about
taxis: The Health Secretary has warned of ` one hell of a lather about taxes rising ' .
Converse of object
- create: Place a amount of JJ Tea Tree Shampoo in your hand and work into the horses coat allowing the product to create a lather.
- produce: The harder the water, the more soap is required to produce a lather.
- form: Hard water does not easily form lather with soap.
- have: Add a little more water to the bristles after shaving and you will probably have enough lather for a second, closer shave.
- give: The soap provided, about two inches square and very thin, gave little lather and had no smell.
- take: There was only take home lather is one of.
Adjective modifier
- creamy: Every day, succumb to the pleasure of the creamy lather, enriched gentle polishing vegetal micro spheres.
- rich: Spread with a circular motion generating a fine, rich lather.
- good: Note: Detergents usually give a good lather with any water.
- luxurious: Produces a luxurious lather of scented bubbles, which can be licked off.
- soapy: The soapy lather slipped down his face only very slowly, retained by the crevasses of age.
- enough: Add a little more water to the bristles after shaving and you will probably have enough lather for a second, closer shave.
Modifying Another Word
- easily: Shaving Cream is easy to apply with fingers or brush and lathers easily on the face.
- home: My last day take home lather space for a questions we had.
Preposition: in
sweat: The source of their distress was tied over the saddle of an exhausted horse which was lathered in sweat.
Preposition: of
indignation: We work ourselves into a lather of indignation about the use of the death penalty in Trinidad & Tobago.
Preposition: with
Browse dictionary entries near lather
- ‹ lathe
- ‹ lath
- ‹ latex
- ‹ latest
- ‹ laterization
- ‹ laterite
- ‹ Lateran
- ‹ laterally
- ‹ lateralization
- ‹ lateral support
- lathery ›
- lathi ›
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- lathy ›
- lathyrism ›
- laticiferous ›
- latifundium ›
- latigo ›
- Latimer ›
- Latimer, Hugh ›

