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lather

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
9
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈlɑː.ðə/
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/ˈlɑː.ðə/ · /ˈlæð.ə/ · /ˈlæð.ɚ/

Definition of lather

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
    “Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
    “Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
  3. (countable)A state of agitation.

verb

  1. (transitive)To cover with lather.
    “I lathered my body with lavender-scented soap.”
  2. (transitive)To beat or whip.
  3. (intransitive)To form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating.
    “I woke Corporal Honda to see to the horse. Heavily lathered and breathing hard, it had obviously come a long way at high speed.”

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Etymology

From Middle English lather, from Old English lēaþor (“a kind of nitre used for soap, soda”), from Proto-West Germanic *lauþr, from Proto-Germanic *lauþrą (“that which is used for washing, soap”),…

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From Middle English lather, from Old English lēaþor (“a kind of nitre used for soap, soda”), from Proto-West Germanic *lauþr, from Proto-Germanic *lauþrą (“that which is used for washing, soap”), from Proto-Indo-European *lówh₃trom (“that which is used for washing”), from *lewh₃-, *lowh₃- (“to wash, bathe”). Cognate with Swedish lödder (“lather, foam, froth, soap”), Icelandic löður (“foam, froth, a kind of niter used for soap”), Old Irish loathar (“wash-basin”), Ancient Greek λουτρόν (loutrón, “a bath, wash-room”), Latin lavō (“to wash”), Albanian laj (“to wash”), Ancient Greek λούω (loúō). More at lye.

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