OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 13216

lather

/ˈlɑː.ðə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
espuma de jabón • espuma jabonosa • espuma saponácea
The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 13217

lather

/ˈlɑː.ðə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
enjabonar
To cover with lather.
I lathered my body with lavender-scented soap.
espumar • espumear
To form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating.
I woke Corporal Honda to see to the horse. Heavily lathered and breathing hard, it had obviously come a long way at high speed.