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Words related to lather

Related / Similar Words: soapsuds, suds, fret, stew, sweat, swither, soap, flog, welt, whip, lash, slash, strap, trounce

Definition:

the foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse);

the froth produced by soaps or detergents;

a workman who puts up laths;

agitation resulting from active worry; "don''t get in a stew"; "he''s in a sweat about exams";

rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning;

form a lather; "The shaving cream lathered";

cover with soap; "lather your body when you shower";

beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced";

Hyponyms: shaving cream, shaving soap, flagellate, scourge, horsewhip, switch, cowhide, cat, birch

Entailments: wash, lave

Derivational Morphology: soap, froth, spume, suds, grizzle, brood, stew, fuss, niggle, fret, soapsuds, beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking, strap, whip, lash, whiplash, thong, switcher, whipper, whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation, wale, welt, weal, wheal

Anagrams: halter

Language Translations:
Bosnian: sapunica and sapunjati		Catalan: ensabonar and sabonera
Chinese: 泡沫儿		Croatian: sapunica and sapunjati
Dutch: inzepen and zeepsop		Finnish: saippuavaahto
French: mousse de savon and savoner		Galician: escuma, espuma
German: einschäumen and Seifenschaum		Hungarian: szappanhab
Italian: insaponare and schiuma di sapone		Korean: 비누
Malayalam: പത		Polish: mydlić and piana mydlana
Portuguese: ensaboar and espuma de sabão		Russian: мылить and мыльная пена
Spanish: enjabonar and espuma de jabón		Telugu: నురగ
Turkish: sabun köpürmek and sabunlamak		Welsh: seboni and trochion

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