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to lather

to lather

1 7.7
To produce foam on an animal's skin from heavy sweat
  • verb
  • /ˈlæðər/
translation icon : espumar
  • They thundered to a stop, sawing on the reins of their snorting, lathered mounts.
  • lathered in sweat
  • a lathered horse
  • a lathered mount

Examples

  • The horses stamped and grew lathered in their traces, and the heat brought a sheen of sweat to the faces of the uniformed men.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Its horses were lathered and blowing.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Diamond's horse is lathered in sweat, almost blown.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • The horse was lathered despite the coolness of the air, and I was hungry and anxious for supper.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • With a flushed, frightened face, the boy jumped down from his exhausted, lathered ox and began jabbering away, not even remembering to say hello.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Gantry's filly, on the other hand, was all lathered up and tossing her head about, fighting the attempt of her rider, Gary Leavenworth, to control her and get her settled down.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • After a long ride, the horse was lathered with sweat, its coat shining in the sunlight.

  • The rider noticed that her horse became lathered during the strenuous gallop around the track.

  • As they raced up the hill, the horse's sides heaved and it became lathered from exertion.

Synonyms

to froth
vsto lather
10 3.0

To make small bubbles form on the surface of a liquid

describes animals producing sweaty foam when they exert or become excited

How Frothy

to lather
1 7.7
to foam
23 1.7
to sweat
494 1.0
to moisten
7 3.0

Surface Forms

lather infinitive
lathered past
lathered past participle
lathering present participle
lathers third person singular

Etymology

To lather as a verb originally meant 'to become covered in foam', especially for a horse that sweats a lot, so when a horse lathers it is producing frothy sweat from exertion.