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

1. noun. Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water.
2. noun. Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
3. noun. To spread over with lather; as, to lather the face.
4. intransitive verb. To form lather, or a froth like lather; to accumulate foam from profuse sweating, as a horse.
5. transitive verb. To beat severely with a thong, strap, or the like; to flog.
6. noun. the foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse)
7. noun. the froth produced by soaps or detergents

   Synonyms: soapsuds, suds

8. noun. a workman who puts up laths
9. noun. agitation resulting from active worry

   "don't get in a stew"

   "he's in a sweat about exams"

   Synonyms: fret, stew, sweat, swither

10. verb. rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning

    Synonyms: soap

11. verb. exude sweat or lather

    "this unfit horse lathers easily"

12. verb. form a lather

    "The shaving cream lathered"

13. verb. beat severely with a whip or rod

    "The teacher often flogged the students"

    "The children were severely trounced"

    Synonyms: flog, lash, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip

Synonyms

soapsuds, suds, fret, stew, sweat, swither, soap, flog, lash, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in lather:

arthel, halter, thaler

Common word forms

lathers, lathered, latherer, lathering, latherable

Words from these letters

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