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lather

1

[ lath-er ]

noun

  1. 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.
  2. foam or froth formed in profuse sweating, as on a horse.
  3. Informal. a state of excitement, agitation, nervous tension, or the like:

    He was in a lather over my delay.



verb (used without object)

  1. to form a lather:

    a soap that lathers well.

  2. to become covered with lather, as a horse.

verb (used with object)

  1. to apply lather to; cover with lather:

    He lathered his face before shaving.

  2. Informal. to beat or whip.

lather

2

[ lath-er, lah-ther ]

noun

  1. a worker who puts up laths.

lather

/ ˈlÉ‘Ëðə; ˈlæ- /

noun

  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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to coat or become coated with lather
  2. intr to form a lather
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ±ô²¹³Ù³ó±ð°ù²â, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±ô²¹³Ù³óİù·±ð°ù noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·±ô²¹³Ù³óİù±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lather1

before 950; Middle English; Old English ±ôŧ²¹³Ù³ó´Ç°ù soap; cognate with Old Norse lauthr ( Icelandic ±ôö³Ù³ó³Ü°ù ) lather, foam

Origin of lather2

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lather1

Old English ±ôŧ²¹³Ù³ó´Ç°ù soap; related to Old Norse lauthr foam
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Idioms and Phrases

see in a lather .
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Featuring questionable special effects, costumes and rock star Sting lathered in baby oil, the Guardian's Charles Bramesco wrote that Lynch's experiments left the franchise "radioactive for decades".

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Trump tends to be more oblique on this front, but he frequently works himself into a lather over defending slave-owners against those who keep saying slavery was a bad thing.

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“Soap doesn’t lather as well with hard water,†said Campbell.

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The apes picked leaves, chewed them into a green-white lather, and rubbed the substance onto their arms and legs.

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Yet the only Wild Unknown deck on her bookshelf is the very first she printed — her “OG deck,†as she calls it, its box now lathered in black paint.

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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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