Usually means: Foam formed by soap, agitation.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word LATHER:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. lather: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lather: Merriam-Webster
  3. lather, lather: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. lather: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. lather: Collins English Dictionary
  6. lather: Vocabulary.com
  7. Lather, lather: Wordnik
  8. lather: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. lather: Wiktionary
  10. lather: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. lather: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. lather: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Lather, lather: Dictionary.com
  14. lather: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. lather: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Lather (song), Lather: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Lather: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. lather: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. lather: Rhymezone
  20. Lather: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. lather: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Lather: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. lather: FreeDictionary.org
  24. lather: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. lather: TheFreeDictionary.com
  26. lather: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lather: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lather: Idioms

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

(Note: See lathered as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (lather)

▸ noun:  (countable, uncountable) The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
▸ noun:  (countable, uncountable) Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
▸ noun:  (countable) A state of agitation.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To cover with lather.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To beat or whip.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating.

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

Opposite:
rinse

Phrases:
lather up, in a lather, Deepak Lather, making lather, lather froth, more...

Adjectives:
good, white, thick, rich, soapy, permanent, creamy, fine, strong, foamy, heavy

Colors:
    white,     cream,     ivory,     beige,     light gray, more...


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

Opposite:
rinse

Phrases:
lather up, in a lather, Deepak Lather, making lather, lather froth, more...

Adjectives:
good, white, thick, rich, soapy, permanent, creamy, fine, strong, foamy, heavy

Colors:
    white,     cream,     ivory,     beige,     light gray, more...



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