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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun lather has 4 senses
- lather(n = noun.object) soapsuds, suds - the froth produced by soaps or detergents; Array has particulars: shaving cream, shaving soap
- lather(n = noun.state) fret, stew, sweat, swither - agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams" is a kind of agitation
- lather(n = noun.person) Array - a workman who puts up laths; Array is a kind of working man, working person, workingman, workman
- lather(n = noun.object) Array - the foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse); Array is a kind of foam, froth
is a kind of foam, froth
Derived forms verb lather4, verb lather2, adjective lathery1
Derived forms verb lather4, verb lather2
Verb lather has 4 senses
- lather(v = verb.contact) flog, lash, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip - beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced" is one way to beat, beat up, work over
- lather(v = verb.change) Array - form a lather; "The shaving cream lathered" is one way to effervesce, fizz, foam, form bubbles, froth, sparkle
- lather(v = verb.body) Array - exude sweat or lather; "this unfit horse lathers easily" is one way to froth
- lather(v = verb.body) soap - rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning; Array is one way to clean, cleanse
Sample sentence:
They want to lather the prisoners
Derived forms noun lather4, noun lather1
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Something ----s
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Something ----s
Derived forms noun lather4, noun lather1
Sample sentence:
Did he lather his foot?
CIDE DICTIONARY
lather, n. [AS. leá niter, in leá soapwort; cf. Icel. lau; perh. akin to E. lye.].
- Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water. [1913 Webster]
- Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse. [1913 Webster]
lather, v. t. [AS. l to lather, anoint. See Lather, n. ].
To spread over with lather; as, to lather the face. [1913 Webster]
lather, v. i.
To form lather, or a froth like lather; to accumulate foam from profuse sweating, as a horse. [1913 Webster]
lather, v. t. [Cf. Leather.].
To beat severely with a thong, strap, or the like; to flog. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
lather, n. & v.
--n.
1 a froth produced by agitating soap etc. and water.
2 frothy sweat, esp. of a horse.
3 a state of agitation.
--v.
1 intr. (of soap etc.) form a lather.
2 tr. cover with lather.
3 intr. (of a horse etc.) develop or become covered with lather.
4 tr. colloq. thrash.
--n.
1 a froth produced by agitating soap etc. and water.
2 frothy sweat, esp. of a horse.
3 a state of agitation.
--v.
1 intr. (of soap etc.) form a lather.
2 tr. cover with lather.
3 intr. (of a horse etc.) develop or become covered with lather.
4 tr. colloq. thrash.
Derivative
lathery adj.
Etymology
OE leathor (n.), lethran (v.)
THESAURUS
lather
BO, aerate, anxiety, baptize, bath, bathe, beaded brow, beads of sweat, beat, beat all hollow, beat hollow, belabor, best, 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, yeastROGET THESAURUS
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Lubrication
N lubrication, smoothness, unctuousness, lubrication, lubrification, anointment, oiling, synovia, glycerine, oil, lubricating oil, grease, saliva, lather, teflon, lubricated, lubricous.VB lubricate, lubricitate, oil, grease, lather, soap, wax.
Bubble
N bubble; cloud, bubble, foam, froth, head, spume, lather, suds, spray, surf, yeast, barm, spindrift, cloud, vapor, fog, mist, haze, steam, geyser, scud, messenger, rack, nimbus, cumulus, woolpack, cirrus, stratus, cirrostratus, cumulostratus, cirrocumulus, mackerel sky, mare's tale, dirty sky, curl cloud, frost smoke, thunderhead, nephelognosy, nephograph, nephology, effervescence, fermentation, bubbling, nebula, cloudliness, nebulosity, bubbling, frothy, nappy, effervescent, sparkling, mousseux, frothy, up, cloudy, thunderheaded, vaporous, nebulous, overcast, the lowring element scowls o'er the darkened lands.
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