Dictionary Entry
lather
lather is a 6-letter English word with 13 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 9 · 13 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water.
- 2noun
Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
- 3noun
To spread over with lather; as, to lather the face.
- 4intransitive verb
To form lather, or a froth like lather; to accumulate foam from profuse sweating, as a horse.
- 5transitive verb
To beat severely with a thong, strap, or the like; to flog.
- 6noun
the foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse)
- 7noun
the froth produced by soaps or detergents
- 8noun
a workman who puts up laths
- 9noun
agitation resulting from active worry
"don't get in a stew"
"he's in a sweat about exams"
- 10verb
rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning
Synonyms
- 11verb
exude sweat or lather
"this unfit horse lathers easily"
- 12verb
form a lather
"The shaving cream lathered"
- 13verb
beat severely with a whip or rod
"The teacher often flogged the students"
"The children were severely trounced"
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