Dictionary entry details
• LATHER (noun)
Meaning:
The froth produced by soaps or detergents
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
lather; soapsuds; suds
Hypernyms ("lather" is a kind of...):
foam; froth (a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lather"):
shaving cream; shaving soap (toiletry consisting of a preparation of soap and fatty acids that forms a rich lather for softening the beard before shaving)
Meaning:
Agitation resulting from active worry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
swither; stew; fret; lather; sweat
Context examples:
don't get in a stew / he's in a sweat about exams
Hypernyms ("lather" is a kind of...):
agitation (a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance)
Meaning:
A workman who puts up laths
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("lather" is a kind of...):
working man; working person; workingman; workman (an employee who performs manual or industrial labor)
Meaning:
The foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("lather" is a kind of...):
foam; froth (a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid)
• LATHER (verb)
Meaning:
Cover with soap
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
lather your body when you shower
Hypernyms (to "lather" is one way to...):
cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Beat severely with a whip or rod
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
welt; trounce; whip; lash; flog; slash; strap; lather
Context examples:
The teacher often flogged the students / The children were severely trounced
Hypernyms (to "lather" is one way to...):
beat; beat up; work over (give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lather"):
flagellate; scourge (whip)
leather (beat with a lather strap)
horsewhip (whip with a whip intended for horses)
switch (flog with or as if with a flexible rod)
cowhide (flog with a cowhide)
cat (beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails)
birch (whip with a birch twig)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to lather the prisoners
Meaning:
Form a lather
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
The shaving cream lathered
Hypernyms (to "lather" is one way to...):
effervesce; fizz; foam; froth; sparkle (form bubbles)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
soap; lather
Hypernyms (to "lather" is one way to...):
clean; cleanse (clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing)
"Lather" entails doing...:
lave; wash (cleanse (one's body) with soap and water)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Did he lather his foot?
