Usually means: Applying soap to create foam.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. lathering: Merriam-Webster
  2. lathering: Collins English Dictionary
  3. lathering: Vocabulary.com
  4. lathering: Wordnik
  5. lathering: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. lathering: Wiktionary
  7. Lathering, lathering: Dictionary.com
  8. lathering: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Lathering: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Lathering: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. lathering: FreeDictionary.org
  12. lathering: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lathering: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lathering: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (lathering)

▸ noun:  The act of lathering; a covering with lather.

Similar:
suds, soapsuds, sweat, swither, soap, flog, fret, trounce, whip, lash, more...

Opposite:
rinsing, washing off, cleaning off



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Similar:
suds, soapsuds, sweat, swither, soap, flog, fret, trounce, whip, lash, more...

Opposite:
rinsing, washing off, cleaning off



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