Lather

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  • noun. A foam formed by soap or detergent agitated in water, as in washing or shaving.
  • noun. Froth formed by profuse sweating, as on a horse.
  • noun. A condition of anxious or heated discomposure; agitation.
  • intransitive verb. To spread with or as if with lather.
  • intransitive verb. To give a beating to; whip.
  • intransitive verb. To produce lather; foam.
  • intransitive verb. To become coated with lather.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A work-man who puts up laths for plaster-work.
  • noun. Foam, froth, or suds made from soap moistened with water, as by a brush for shaving.
  • noun. Foam or froth formed in profuse sweating, as of a horse.
  • To form a foam or suds, as soap and water; become froth or frothy matter.
  • To spread lather on or over; apply lather to, as the face in shaving.
  • To flog; leather.
  • noun. A dialectal variant of ladder.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water.
  • noun. Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
  • transitive verb. To beat severely with a thong, strap, or the like; to flog.
  • intransitive verb. To form lather, or a froth like lather; to accumulate foam from profuse sweating, as a horse.
  • transitive verb. To spread over with lather.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
  • noun. A state of agitation.
  • verb. To cover with lather.
  • verb. To beat or to whip.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning
  • noun. a workman who puts up laths
  • noun. the foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse)
  • noun. the froth produced by soaps or detergents
  • verb. form a lather
  • verb. exude sweat or lather
  • verb. beat severely with a whip or rod
  • noun. agitation resulting from active worry
  • Word Usage
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    Cather  Mather  bather  blather  gather  
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    BO  aerate  anxiety  baptize  bath  
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