Lather

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lather \Lath"er\, v. t. [Cf. {Leather}.]
     To beat severely with a thong, strap, or the like; to flog.
     [Low]
     [1913 Webster] Lathereeve

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Lather \Lath"er\ (l[a^][th]"[~e]r), n. [AS. le['a][eth]or niter,
     in le['a][eth]orwyrt soapwort; cf. Icel. lau[eth]r; perh.
     akin to E. lye.]
     1. Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lather \Lath"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lathered}
     (l[a^][th]"[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lathering}.] [AS.
     l[=e][eth]rian to lather, anoint. See {Lather}, n. ]
     To spread over with lather; as, to lather the face.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lather \Lath"er\, v. i.
     To form lather, or a froth like lather; to accumulate foam
     from profuse sweating, as a horse.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lather
       n 1: the froth produced by soaps or detergents [syn: {soapsuds},
            {suds}]
       2: agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a
          stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams" [syn: {fret}, {stew},
           {sweat}, {swither}]
       3: a workman who puts up laths
       4: the foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse)
       v 1: cover with soap; "lather your body when you shower"
       2: beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged
          the students"; "The children were severely trounced" [syn:
           {flog}, {welt}, {whip}, {lash}, {slash}, {strap}, {trounce}]
       3: form a lather; "The shaving cream lathered"
       4: rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning
          [syn: {soap}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  171 Moby Thesaurus words for "lather":
     BO, aerate, anxiety, baptize, bath, bathe, beaded brow,
     beads of sweat, beat, beat all hollow, beat hollow, belabor, best,
     body odor, bother, breakers, breathless impatience, buffet, bustle,
     chafing, clamor, cold sweat, collar, cream, defeat, destroy,
     diaphoresis, disquietude, dither, do in, douche, dress down, drub,
     eagerness, excitement, exudate, exudation, fix, flagellate, flail,
     flap, flax, flog, flush, flush out, fluster, flusteration,
     flustration, flutter, foam, foofaraw, fret, fretfulness, fretting,
     froth, fuss, gargle, give a dressing-down, hassle, haste, head,
     hide, holystone, honest sweat, hors de combat, hubbub, impatience,
     impatientness, impetuousness, irrigate, lambaste, larrup, lash,
     launder, lave, leather, lick, mantle, maul, meringue, mop, mop up,
     mousse, offscum, outclass, outdo, outfight, outgeneral,
     outmaneuver, outpoint, outrun, outsail, outshine, paddle,
     perspiration, perspiration odor, pother, pucker, puff, pummel, put,
     restiveness, restlessness, rinse, rinse out, ritually immerse,
     ruin, scour, scrub, scrub up, scud, scum, sea foam, settle,
     shampoo, shower, skin, skin alive, sluice, sluice out, soap,
     soapsuds, souffle, spindrift, sponge, spoondrift, spray, spume,
     state, stew, stinging, streams of sweat, sud, sudor, sudoresis,
     suds, surf, swab, sweat, swelter, swivet, syringe, tan,
     tense readiness, thrash, tizzy, toivel, trim, triumph over,
     trounce, tub, turmoil, twitter, twitteration, undo, uneasiness,
     unpatientness, unquietness, wallop, wash, wash out, wash up, water,
     welt, whack, whale, whip, whisk, white water, worst, yeast