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- [lath -er]
- /ˈlæð ər/
- /ˈlɑː.ðər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [lath -er]
- /ˈlæð ər/
Definitions of lather word
- noun lather a worker who puts up laths. 1
- verb without object lather to form a lather: a soap that lathers well. 1
- verb without object lather to become covered with lather, as a horse. 1
- verb with object lather to apply lather to; cover with lather: He lathered his face before shaving. 1
- verb with object lather Informal. to beat or whip. 1
- noun lather A frothy white mass of bubbles produced by soap or a similar cleansing substance when mixed with water. 1
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Origin of lather
First appearance:
before 950 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 950; Middle English; Old English lēathor soap; cognate with Old Norse lauthr (Icelandic löthur) lather, foam
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Parts of speech for Lather
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
lather popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for lather
noun lather
- froth — an aggregation of bubbles, as on an agitated liquid or at the mouth of a hard-driven horse; foam; spume.
- yeast — any of various small, single-celled fungi of the phylum Ascomycota that reproduce by fission or budding, the daughter cells often remaining attached, and that are capable of fermenting carbohydrates into alcohol and carbon dioxide.
- foam — a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.: foam on a glass of beer.
- head — Edith, 1897–1981, U.S. costume designer.
- spume — to eject or discharge as or like foam or froth; spew (often followed by forth).
verb lather
- scrub — to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
- beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
- wash — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
- whip — to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
Antonyms for lather
noun lather
verb lather
- dirty — soiled with dirt; foul; unclean: dirty laundry.
- surrender — to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
- flatten — to make flat.
- lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
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