[
US
/ˈɫæðɝ/
]
VERB
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form a lather
The shaving cream lathered - rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning
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exude sweat or lather
this unfit horse lathers easily -
beat severely with a whip or rod
The children were severely trounced
The teacher often flogged the students
NOUN
-
agitation resulting from active worry
he's in a sweat about exams
don't get in a stew - the foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse)
- a workman who puts up laths
- the froth produced by soaps or detergents
How To Use lather In A Sentence
- A little diner food helped, but after the incident with the couple on the street all I wanted was to go home, take a shower, slather lotion on my blistered tootsies, and lick my wounds.
- Let's go inside and drink coffee while we wait - likely the lords will keep us waiting all day before they blather their way to a decision. THE BROKEN GOD
- Now, I can't help but wonder if these people have a quick look-see, utter ‘boring’ and move on, or whether they're actually reading anything I bother to blather on about in here.
- When I do get in a lather, it's never my fault: it's the cyclists and pedestrians who are selfish and inconsiderate, not me.
- Creamy onion sauce slathered over lightly boiled eggs.
- And then there are the funny ones such as ning nong, doofus, blatherskite. Etymology – the origins of words « Write Anything
- She squirted herself a generous amount of shampoo and began lathering her hair with it.
- He was terrible by the way, blathering on about something.
- She was in lather-sweat of fear, and stood trembling pitiably. Jack London's Short Story - Planchette
- Finally she burst through the surface and took the oils and scrubs and lathered her body with them.