The AI-powered English dictionary
countable and uncountable, plural lathers
(countable, uncountable) The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water. examples
(countable, uncountable) Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse. examples
(countable) A state of agitation. examples
third-person singular simple present lathers, present participle lathering, simple past and past participle lathered
(transitive) To cover with lather. examples
(transitive) To beat or whip. examples
(intransitive) To form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating. quotations examples
I woke Corporal Honda to see to the horse. Heavily lathered and breathing hard, it had obviously come a long way at high speed.
1997, Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.; republished New York: Vintage Books, 1998, page 147