Lather

Quick meaning: Lather is a noun meaning (countable, uncountable) The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.

Meaning

(countable, uncountable) The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.

More Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
2. (countable) A state of agitation.
3. (transitive) To cover with lather.
4. (transitive) To beat or whip.
5. (intransitive) To form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating.

Example Sentences

I lathered my body with lavender-scented soap.

Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.

I woke Corporal Honda to see to the horse. Heavily lathered and breathing hard, it had obviously come a long way at high speed.

Word Forms

• lathers
• lathering
• lathered

Synonyms for lather

Depending on context, synonyms include suds, spume, foam, froth, trounce, fret.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include soapsuds, suds, soap, fret, stew, strap.

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