lather
noun
foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
lathered
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past participleof lather.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof lather.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
lathernounfoam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
Example Sentences
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She ate more black beans, lathered her scalp with French soap and opted for root perms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
Shinichirō Watanabe's vision marries futuristic visuals with realism, with the series' jazz score treated as something to be felt and then absorbed, like dry skin lathered in shea butter.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2025
Before the snow covered the ground, layers of brine, a very high concentration of salty water, were lathered onto the roads to prevent hard layers of snow from becoming hardly packed.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2022
At the Royal Welsh Show pigs too were being lathered with sunscreen.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2022
Beatrice had already cleansed her stepbrother’s arm with soda water, so Roy lathered antibiotic ointment on a panel of gauze and taped it firmly around the boy’s arm.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
