lather
Meaning of lather
- a frothy white mass of bubbles produced by soap, washing powder, etc. when mixed with water.
she rinsed off the lather and dried her hands
- a state of agitation or nervous excitement.
Dad had got into a right lather by the time I got home
- form or cause to form a lather.
soap will not lather in hard water
- cover something with liberal amounts of (a substance).
she lathered a slice of toast with butter
- (of a horse) be covered with sweat.
the old mare was lathered and I decided it was time for a rest
- thrash (someone).
my mother caught me by the back of the neck and lathered me up the steps
Old English læthor (denoting washing soda or its froth), lēthran (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse lauthr (noun), from an Indo-European root shared by Greek loutron ‘bath’.
Information about lather
- The plural form of lather is: lathers.
- Languages in which lather is used:
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Hyphenation of lather
lather
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- lather is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
lather synonyms
Meaning soapsuds:
Meaning fret:
Meaning flog:
flog, welt, whip, lash, slash, strap, trounce
Meaning soap:
Meaning a mass of small bubbles formed on or in liquid, typically by agitation or fermentation:
Meaning a mass of small bubbles in liquid caused by agitation, fermentation, or salivating:
Meaning an air- or gas-filled spherical cavity in a liquid or a solidified liquid such as glass:
Meaning the thick white or pale yellow fatty liquid which rises to the top when milk is left to stand and which can be eaten as an accompaniment to desserts or used as a cooking ingredient:
Meaning the foam on top of a glass of beer, or the cream on the top of milk:
Meaning froth or foam, especially that found on waves:
Meaning sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety, often causing wildly unthinking behaviour:
Meaning an agitated or confused state:
Meaning an act of fluttering:
Meaning a display of unnecessary or excessive excitement, activity, or interest:
Meaning a state or period of uncontrolled excitement or wild behaviour:
Meaning an abnormally high body temperature, usually accompanied by shivering, headache, and in severe instances, delirium:
Meaning a commotion or fuss:
Meaning a thin, flat piece of cloth, paper, metal, etc. that is hinged or attached on one side only and covers an opening or hangs down from something:
Meaning a state of nervous excitement or agitation:
Meaning indecisive behaviour:
Meaning a series of short, high-pitched calls or sounds:
Meaning the particular condition that someone or something is in at a specific time:
Meaning a silly or foolish person:
Anagrams of lather
arthel, halter, thaler, Thrale
Words that rhyme with lather
Bairnsfather, Cather, Fairweather, Father, Godfather, Heather, Mather, Prather, Rather, Starkweather, aqualeather, aweather, bather, befeather, belfather, bellweather, bequeather, blather, breakweather, breather, cofather, eldfather, father, feather, forefather, foregather, forgather, gather, gayfeather, godfather, grandfather, grather, gudefather, heather, housefather, inbreather, ingather, leather, loather, mather, misfather, mouthbreather, nather, outbreather, overlather, overleather, overweather, pinfeather, pregather, rather