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lathery
lath·er L0062600 (lăth′ər)n.1. A foam formed by soap or detergent agitated in water, as in washing or shaving.2. Froth formed by profuse sweating, as on a horse.3. Informal A condition of anxious or heated discomposure; agitation: The students were in a lather over the proposed restrictions.v. lath·ered, lath·er·ing, lath·ers v.tr.1. To spread with or as if with lather.2. Informal To give a beating to; whip.v.intr.1. To produce lather; foam.2. To become coated with lather.
[Probably from Middle English latheren, to wash or soak clothes, from Old English lēthran, to cover with lather; see leu(ə)- in Indo-European roots.]
lath′er·er n.lath′er·y adj.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | lathery - resembling lather or covered with lathersudsy |
latheryadjectiveConsisting of or resembling foam:foamy, frothy, spumous, spumy, sudsy, yeasty.IdiomsSeelatherlathery
Synonyms for latheryadj consisting of or resembling foamSynonyms- foamy
- frothy
- spumous
- spumy
- sudsy
- yeasty
Synonyms for latheryadj resembling lather or covered with latherSynonyms |