lather

«lather» in Mova's school dictionary: the foam made when soap is mixed with water — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun; verb (lathers, lathered, lathering)

meaning for a pupil

1) Lather is the foam made when soap is mixed with water. tree →

2) To lather is to cover something with soap and rub it, or to wash and scrub with soap. tree →

sense in the lessons

in everyday life lather is the bubbly foam on hands or hair when you wash; in old tales people were lathered and scrubbed in a bath

examples

• Wash your hands until you get a good lather. tree →
• He lathered his face before shaving. tree →
• The bath-men lathered and scrubbed them all. tree →

note

nothing for maths.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «lather» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.