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William Hone

Meaning of "lather" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LATHER

Old English lēathor soap; related to Old Norse lauthr foam.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LATHER

lather  [ˈlɑːðə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LATHER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lather is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb lather in English.

WHAT DOES LATHER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of lather in the English dictionary

The first definition of lather in the dictionary is foam or froth formed by the action of soap or a detergent in water. Other definition of lather is foam formed by other liquid, such as the sweat of a horse. Lather is also a state of agitation or excitement.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO LATHER

PRESENT

Present
I lather
you lather
he/she/it lathers
we lather
you lather
they lather
Present continuous
I am lathering
you are lathering
he/she/it is lathering
we are lathering
you are lathering
they are lathering
Present perfect
I have lathered
you have lathered
he/she/it has lathered
we have lathered
you have lathered
they have lathered
Present perfect continuous
I have been lathering
you have been lathering
he/she/it has been lathering
we have been lathering
you have been lathering
they have been lathering
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I lathered
you lathered
he/she/it lathered
we lathered
you lathered
they lathered
Past continuous
I was lathering
you were lathering
he/she/it was lathering
we were lathering
you were lathering
they were lathering
Past perfect
I had lathered
you had lathered
he/she/it had lathered
we had lathered
you had lathered
they had lathered
Past perfect continuous
I had been lathering
you had been lathering
he/she/it had been lathering
we had been lathering
you had been lathering
they had been lathering
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will lather
you will lather
he/she/it will lather
we will lather
you will lather
they will lather
Future continuous
I will be lathering
you will be lathering
he/she/it will be lathering
we will be lathering
you will be lathering
they will be lathering
Future perfect
I will have lathered
you will have lathered
he/she/it will have lathered
we will have lathered
you will have lathered
they will have lathered
Future perfect continuous
I will have been lathering
you will have been lathering
he/she/it will have been lathering
we will have been lathering
you will have been lathering
they will have been lathering
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would lather
you would lather
he/she/it would lather
we would lather
you would lather
they would lather
Conditional continuous
I would be lathering
you would be lathering
he/she/it would be lathering
we would be lathering
you would be lathering
they would be lathering
Conditional perfect
I would have lather
you would have lather
he/she/it would have lather
we would have lather
you would have lather
they would have lather
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been lathering
you would have been lathering
he/she/it would have been lathering
we would have been lathering
you would have been lathering
they would have been lathering
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you lather
we let´s lather
you lather
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to lather
Past participle
lathered
Present Participle
lathering
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LATHER


Bairnsfather
ˈbɛənzˌfɑːðə
farther
ˈfɑːðə
father
ˈfɑːðə
forefather
ˈfɔːˌfɑːðə
godfather
ˈɡɒdˌfɑːðə
grandfather
ˈɡrænˌfɑːðə
great-grandfather
ˌɡreɪtˈɡrændfɑːðə
great-great-grandfather
ˌɡreɪtˌɡreɪtˈɡrændˌfɑːðə
housefather
ˈhaʊsˌfɑːðə
how´s-your-father
ˈhaʊzjəˈfɑːðə
Mithgarthr
ˈmɪðˌɡɑːðə
rather
ˈrɑːðə
stepfather
ˈstɛpˌfɑːðə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LATHER

lateroversion
latescence
latescent
latest
latewood
latex
latex rubber
lath
lathe
lathen
latherer
lathery
lathi
lathier
lathiest
lathlike
lathwork
lathy
lathyrism
lathyritic

WORDS THAT END LIKE LATHER

all-weather
birds of a feather
breather
Fairweather
feather
foster father
gather
heather
Heavenly Father
Holy Father
leather
other
Our Father
patent leather
peacock feather
September weather
simulated leather
sunbather
tail feather
weather
white leather

Synonyms and antonyms of lather in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LATHER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «lather» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of lather
beat · cane · dither · drub · fever · flap · flog · fluster · foam · froth · fuss · pother · soap · soapsuds · state · stew · strike · suds · sweat · thrash · tizzy · twitter · whip

Translation of «lather» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LATHER

Find out the translation of lather to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lather from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lather» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

泡沫
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

espuma
570 millions of speakers

English

lather
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

साबुन का झाग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رغوة الصابون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пены
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

espuma
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাবানের ফেনা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mousse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sebaliknya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schaum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

泡立つ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

거품
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lather
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thoa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நுரை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

साबणाचा फेस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ter
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

schiuma
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spienić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

піни
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

spumă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σαπουνάδα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skuim
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lödder
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skum
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lather

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LATHER»

The term «lather» is quite widely used and occupies the 41.713 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LATHER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «lather» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «lather» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lather

EXAMPLES

2 QUOTES WITH «LATHER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word lather.
1
William Hone
A good lather is half the shave.
2
Howard Hughes
Wash four distinct and separate times, using lots of lather each time from individual bars of soap.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LATHER»

Discover the use of lather in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lather and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Getting Smart: Feminist Research and Pedagogy With/in the ...
First published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Patti Lather, Patricia Ann Lather, 1991
2
Getting Lost: Feminist Efforts toward a Double(d) Science
Marks the trajectory of the author’s work as a feminist methodologist.
Patti Lather, 2012
3
Troubling the Angels: Women Living with HIV/AIDS
Educator Patti Lather and psychologist Chris Smithies observed and chronicled support groups for women diagnosed with HIV.
Patricia A. Lather, Christine S. Smithies, 1997
4
Lather Rinse Repeat
"Lather rinse repeat-- a) Funny little sad stories about people who just want Horton to hear them too. b) The sacred text of a failed religion. c) Things that aren't real, but really are. d) The love child of Franz Kafka and that girl you ...
David Tabak, 2012
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Mrs Lather's Laundry
But her job gets rather more difficult when her customers start bringing in more unusual washing loads .The 'Happy Families' series is designed for use at home or at school.
‎1981
6
The Lather
Includes the union's proceedings
‎1955
7
Liquid Detergents
Essentially a good commercial shampoo formulation: • Must clean effectively • Must provide acceptable lather • Must be stable with respect to phase separation, microorganisms, color, and fragrance • Must be sufficiently easy to manufacture ...
Kuo-Yann Lai, 2005
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Milady's Standard Professional Barbering.
A FIGURE 6-51 The electric Iatherizer is far superior to other lather receptacles. l l > > > Check your state barber board rules and regulations concerning the use and disinfection of lather mugs and brushes. 128 PART 2 The Science of ...
Maura T. Scali-Sheahan
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Understanding Curriculum: An Introduction to the Study of ...
Lather (1991b, 1989) points out that all research, even emancipatory or critical research, represent forms of knowledge and discourse that are inventions about the researchers. All research, she insists, also represents definitions, ...
‎1995
10
Chemical and Physical Behavior of Human Hair
Hart also demonstrated that traditionally known “foam booster” additives such as lauric diethanolamide (lauramid DEA) or cocamido propyl betaine should more correctly be called lather modifiers (amides do modify lather feel and tend to ...
Clarence R. Robbins, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LATHER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lather is used in the context of the following news items.
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Arkansas Sportsman: Turkey talk gets commissioners, staff in a lather
Arkansas Sportsman. Turkey talk gets commissioners, staff in a lather. By Bryan Hendricks. This article was published today at 3:18 a.m.. «Arkansas Online, Jul 15»
2
'True Detective' Season Two Defense: A Book We're Still Reading
Praise he deserved to a point, but probably not in the way that the Internet and reviews seem to like to lather it on. You can see a lot of that if ... «UPROXX, Jul 15»
3
Touch of the Fumbles - InDaily | Adelaide News
Some observers worked themselves into a righteous lather at the denouement when an army of Power supporters greeted the final siren and ... «InDaily, Jul 15»
4
Editorial: Stand down, DAs - NY Daily News
Many of New York's 62 district attorneys have worked themselves into a lather over Gov. Cuomo's decision to put the state attorney general in ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
5
Columnist: Mr. President, on behalf of an ungrateful nation, thank you
A few will stay in paranoid lather about Benghazi or Fast and Furious, but those pseudo-scandals don't compare to Watergate, Iran-Contra, Bill ... «Savannah Morning News, Jul 15»
6
Fizzy Face Masks: Your 10 Minute Skin Trick | Look
... bubbly lather that you can actually feel moving on your face. While they bubble away these antioxidant rich fizzy facials gently exfoliate and ... «LOOK, Jul 15»
7
Budweiser still mocks craft beer - Fortune
Every time the craft beer world gets worked into a lather over one of these spots, it helps spread the Budweiser name. The fact that you can get ... «Fortune, Jul 15»
8
Know your 'NME': rise 'n' fall of a giant - Independent.ie
... a similar story a decade later when both NME and Melody Maker got into a lather over Menswear, who would go on to bomb spectacularly.). «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
9
Barber to the stars Nicky Gallucci is still cutting it at 75 - Manchester …
After starting training as a 'lather boy' helping to shave customers in his native Italy aged 10, Nicky has now been cutting hair for 65 years. «Manchester Evening News, Jul 15»
10
Mark Steel at Latitude
He works himself into a lather about the narrow-minded arguments of the Tories. Like a Marxist Victor Meldrew, it's the fact no one else seems ... «Chortle, Jul 15»

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