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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
- informal.a state of agitation or excitement
verb
- to coat or become coated with lather
- intr to form a lather
Derived Forms
- ˈlathery, adjective
Other Words From
- lather·er noun
- un·lathered adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of lather1
Word History and Origins
Origin of lather1
Idioms and Phrases
see in a lather .Example Sentences
Some elite runners like to race angry and intentionally work themselves into a lather prior to competing.
Work the lather through the brush hairs then rinse well, squeeze out the remaining water and allow to air-dry.
One of the first, UVeBand, tracks how well your sunscreen is performing—and pings you when its time to lather up again.
As a boy, I watched my grandfather create a froth of lather in that cup, and shave himself with a straight razor.
That only makes more mysterious the lather he can work himself into whenever he talks about these issues on air today.
Working the gossips of UrbanBaby into a lather is a low bar; losing them lower still.
But is the press getting itself worked into a lather over what Barbour did and thought when he was a teenager?
Have ready in a wash-kettle, a strong cold lather of clear water and white Castile soap.
Make a lather of white soap and cold water, and put it into a saucepan.
The next moment his head, under the energetic manipulation of the operator, was a creamy mass of lather.
A good lather is applied all over the body with good friction by the means of a shampoo brush and soap.
Williams turned up with "Pussy" in a lather, having been hunting for me all round Pretoria.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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