verb · transitive · rare

lath

lath · laths · lathed · lathing

To cover or line with lathsTo cover or line with laths.

/lɑːθ/

» You are as thin as a lath and as brown as a nut.

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Examples

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You are as thin as a lath and as brown as a nut.
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Origin

From Middle English laththe, laþþe, earlier lathe, laþe, altered from Old English lætt (“l

From Middle English laththe, laþþe, earlier lathe, laþe, altered from Old English lætt (“lath”), from Proto-West Germanic *lattu, from Proto-Germanic *laþô (compare Dutch lat, German Latte) from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lat- (compare Welsh llath (“rod, wand, yard”)).

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Forms

laths, lathing, lathed, lathed

Base form	lath · to lath
3rd person singular	laths
Present participle	lathing
Past simple	lathed
Past participle	lathed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	lath
he, she, it	laths

Past simpleLesson

all persons

lathed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have lathed
he, she, it	has lathed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will lath

Word family

1 related words

Derivedrelath

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle