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lathered

lathered is the simple past and past participle of lather.

Meaning of lather

Verb

lather (third-person singular simple present lathers, present participle lathering, simple past and past participle lathered)

  1. (transitive) To cover with lather.
    • I lathered my body with lavender-scented soap.
  2. (transitive) To beat or whip.
  3. (intransitive) 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.1997, Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.; republished New York: Vintage Books, 1998, →ISBN, page 147
    Synonyms:
    spume, suds, foam, froth

See all 6 meanings of lather

Adjective

lathered (comparative more lathered, superlative most lathered)

  1. (slang) Drunk.
    • Well it would have been a quiet evening but of course Freddie got lathered pretty quick for a Saturday night.2010, John Osborn, Gloria: A Novel of New Beginnings, page 248

Forms of lathered

comparativemore lathered
superlativemost lathered

Words formed from lathered

Phrases with lathered

Questions about lathered

What does lathered mean?
Lathered means drunk.
What is lathered the simple past and past participle of?
Lathered is the simple past and past participle of lather.
What part of speech is lathered?
Lathered is an adjective.

Words near lathered in the dictionary

  1. lather
  2. lather up
  3. lather, rinse, repeat
  4. latherability
  5. latherable
  6. lathered
  7. lathered up
  8. lathereeve
  9. lathereeves
  10. latherer
  11. latherers

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