Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To cover with lather.

    I lathered my body with lavender-scented soap.

    einschäumen

    мы́литьmýlitʹ, намы́литьnamýlitʹ

    милитиmylyty, намилитиnamylyty

    form a lather

  2. (transitive)To beat or whip.

    aufschäumen, aufschlagen

    битиbyty, шмагатиšmahaty

    beat severely with a whip or rod

  3. (intransitive)To form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating.

    schäumen

    покриватися миломpokryvatysja mylom, покриватися піноюpokryvatysja pinoju

Examples

5 sentences
  1. I lather my face before shaving.

    ruЯ намыливаю лицо, перед тем как побриться. — heccele

  2. This soap lathers up with water.

    ruЭто мыло пенится при контакте с водой. — Robertpaulson

    deDiese Seife schäumt, wenn sie mit Wasser in Berührung kommt. — Tamy

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  3. I like this detergent because it lathers well.

  4. Instructions: massage well into damp hair, lather and rinse.

    ruСпособ применения: нанесите на влажные волосы и тщательно помассируйте, взбейте пену и промойте. — odexed

  5. Tom lathered his face and shaved with a cut-throat razor.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
to cover with lather:
to beat or whip:
to form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating:
Русский
By meaning 1
to cover with lather:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to cover with lather:
to beat or whip:
to form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating:

Origin

From Middle English letheren, from Old English līeþran, from Proto-West Germanic *lauþrija

From Middle English letheren, from Old English līeþran, from Proto-West Germanic *lauþrijan, from Proto-Germanic *lauþrijaną (“to soap, wash”). Cognate with Old Norse leyðra (“to wash, lather”).

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Forms

lathers, lathering, lathered, lathered
Base formlather · to lather
3rd person singularlathers
Present participlelathering
Past simplelathered
Past participlelathered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylather
he, she, itlathers

Past simpleLesson

all personslathered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave lathered
he, she, ithas lathered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill lather

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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