"lather" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlæð.ə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈlɑː.ðə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈlæð.ɚ/ [US] Audio: En-us-lather.ogg [US], en-au-lather.ogg [Australia] Forms: lathers [plural]
enPR: lăth'ə Rhymes: -æðə(ɹ), -ɑːðə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English lather, from Old English lēaþor (“a kind of nitre used for soap, soda”), from Proto-West Germanic *lauþr, from Proto-Germanic *lauþrą (“that which is used for washing, soap”), from Proto-Indo-European *lówh₃trom (“that which is used for washing”), from *lewh₃-, *lowh₃- (“to wash, bathe”). Cognate with Swedish lödder (“lather, foam, froth, soap”), Icelandic löður (“foam, froth, a kind of niter used for soap”), Old Irish lóathar (“wash-basin”), Ancient Greek λουτρόν (loutrón, “a bath, wash-room”), Latin lavō (“I wash”), Albanian laj (“I wash”), Ancient Greek λούω (loúō). More at lye. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lather}} Middle English lather, {{inh|en|ang|lēaþor|t=a kind of nitre used for soap, soda}} Old English lēaþor (“a kind of nitre used for soap, soda”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*lauþr}} Proto-West Germanic *lauþr, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*lauþrą|t=that which is used for washing, soap}} Proto-Germanic *lauþrą (“that which is used for washing, soap”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*lówh₃trom|t=that which is used for washing}} Proto-Indo-European *lówh₃trom (“that which is used for washing”), {{m|ine-pro|*lewh₃-}} *lewh₃-, {{m|ine-pro|*lowh₃-||to wash, bathe}} *lowh₃- (“to wash, bathe”), {{cog|sv|lödder|t=lather, foam, froth, soap}} Swedish lödder (“lather, foam, froth, soap”), {{cog|is|löður|t=foam, froth, a kind of niter used for soap}} Icelandic löður (“foam, froth, a kind of niter used for soap”), {{cog|sga|lóathar|t=wash-basin}} Old Irish lóathar (“wash-basin”), {{cog|grc|λουτρόν|t=a bath, wash-room}} Ancient Greek λουτρόν (loutrón, “a bath, wash-room”), {{cog|la|lavō|t=I wash}} Latin lavō (“I wash”), {{cog|sq|laj|t=I wash}} Albanian laj (“I wash”), {{cog|grc|λούω}} Ancient Greek λούω (loúō), {{l|en|lye}} lye Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} lather (countable and uncountable, plural lathers)
  1. (countable, uncountable) The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: suds, soap suds Translations (foam of soap and water): subo (Bikol Central), сапунена пяна (sapunena pjana) [feminine] (Bulgarian), sabonera [feminine] (Catalan), 泡沫兒 (Chinese Mandarin), 泡沫儿 (pàomòr) (Chinese Mandarin), mydliny [feminine, plural] (Czech), mýdlová pěna [feminine] (Czech), sop [neuter] (Dutch), zeepsop [neuter] (Dutch), schuim [neuter] (Dutch), sapŝaŭmo (Esperanto), saippuavaahto (Finnish), vaahto (Finnish), mousse de savon [feminine] (French), escuma [feminine] (Galician), espuma [feminine] (Galician), Seifenschaum [masculine] (German), Schaum [masculine] (German), szappanhab (Hungarian), hab (Hungarian), muilanvaahto (Ingrian), sobal [masculine] (Irish), schiuma di sapone [feminine] (Italian), (alt: あわ, awa, あぶく, abuku) (Japanese), 泡沫 (alt: ほうまつ, hōmatsu, うたかた, utakata) (Japanese), 비누 거품 (binu geopum) (Korean), сапуница (sapunica) [feminine] (Macedonian), പത (pata) (Malayalam), хөөс (xöös) (Mongolian), skum [neuter] (Norwegian), كوپوك (köpük) (Ottoman Turkish), کف (kaf) (Persian), Schum [masculine] (Plautdietsch), piana mydlana [feminine] (Polish), espuma [feminine] (Portuguese), мы́льная пе́на (mýlʹnaja péna) [feminine] (Russian), сапу̀ница [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), sapùnica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), espuma de jabón [feminine] (Spanish), lödder (Swedish), నురగ (nuraga) (Telugu), sabun köpürmek (Turkish), мильна піна (mylʹna pina) [feminine] (Ukrainian), trochion (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-lather-en-noun-qMExIRNR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 17 2 5 5 31 Disambiguation of 'foam of soap and water': 63 37 1
  2. (countable, uncountable) Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (foam from profuse sweating): pěna [feminine] (Czech), paardenschuim [neuter] (Dutch), écume [feminine] (French), Schaum [masculine] (German), Pferdeschaum (note: of a horse) [masculine] (German), hab (Hungarian), tajték (Hungarian), brat allais [masculine] (Irish), піна (pina) [feminine] (Ukrainian), мило (mylo) (alt: на коні) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-lather-en-noun-1YvtJiu2 Disambiguation of 'foam from profuse sweating': 19 81 0
  3. (countable) A state of agitation. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-lather-en-noun-XNrHDyHQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: in a lather, lathery
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈlæð.ə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈlɑː.ðə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈlæð.ɚ/ [US] Audio: En-us-lather.ogg [US], en-au-lather.ogg [Australia] Forms: lathers [present, singular, third-person], lathering [participle, present], lathered [participle, past], lathered [past]
enPR: lăth'ə Rhymes: -æðə(ɹ), -ɑːðə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English *lethren, from Old English lēþrian, lȳþrian, *līeþrian (“to anoint, smear, lather”), from Old English lēaþor (“a kind of niter used for soap, soda”). See above. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*lethren}} Middle English *lethren, {{inh|en|ang|lēþrian}} Old English lēþrian, {{m|ang|lȳþrian}} lȳþrian, {{m|ang|*līeþrian||to anoint, smear, lather}} *līeþrian (“to anoint, smear, lather”), {{der|en|ang|lēaþor||a kind of niter used for soap, soda}} Old English lēaþor (“a kind of niter used for soap, soda”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} lather (third-person singular simple present lathers, present participle lathering, simple past and past participle lathered)
  1. (transitive) To cover with lather. Tags: transitive Translations (to cover with lather): насапунисвам (nasapunisvam) (Bulgarian), ensabonar (Catalan), namydlit (Czech), inzepen (Dutch), soppen (Dutch), vaahdottaa (Finnish), saippuoida (Finnish), savonner (French), enxaboar (Galician), einschäumen (German), szappanoz (Hungarian), beszappanoz (Hungarian), insaponare (Italian), насапунува (nasapunuva) (Macedonian), صابونلامق (sabunlamak) (Ottoman Turkish), mydlić [imperfective] (Polish), namydlać [imperfective] (Polish), namydlić [perfective] (Polish), ensaboar (Portuguese), мы́лить (mýlitʹ) (Russian), намы́лить (namýlitʹ) (Russian), сапуњати [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), насапуњати [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), sapunjati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), nasapunjati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), enjabonar (Spanish), sabunlamak (Turkish), милити (mylyty) (Ukrainian), намилити (namylyty) (Ukrainian), seboni (Welsh), trochioni (Welsh), golchi (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-lather-en-verb-Bv0mF5yz Disambiguation of 'to cover with lather': 100 0 0
  2. (transitive) To beat or whip. Tags: transitive Translations (to beat or whip): бия (bija) (Bulgarian), пердаша (perdaša) (alt: разг.) (Bulgarian), našlehat (Czech), vaahdottaa (Finnish), vatkata (Finnish), vispata (Finnish), aufschäumen (German), aufschlagen (German), megruház (Hungarian), eldönget (Hungarian), megver (Hungarian), бити (byty) (Ukrainian), шмагати (šmahaty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-lather-en-verb-JJzU-JmK Disambiguation of 'to beat or whip': 0 100 0
  3. (intransitive) To form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating. Tags: intransitive Translations (to form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating): schäumen (German), habzik (Hungarian), покриватися милом (pokryvatysja mylom) (Ukrainian), покриватися піною (pokryvatysja pinoju) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-lather-en-verb-5ot9XpMg Disambiguation of 'to form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lather up, lather, rinse, repeat
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "_dis1": "63 37 1",
          "code": "bcl",
          "lang": "Bikol Central",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "word": "subo"
        },
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          "_dis1": "63 37 1",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sapunena pjana",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "сапунена пяна"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sabonera"
        },
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          "_dis1": "63 37 1",
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          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "word": "泡沫兒"
        },
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "code": "cs",
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          "word": "mydliny"
        },
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          "_dis1": "63 37 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mýdlová pěna"
        },
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "sop"
        },
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "schuim"
        },
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "word": "sapŝaŭmo"
        },
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          "_dis1": "63 37 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "word": "saippuavaahto"
        },
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          "_dis1": "63 37 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "word": "vaahto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mousse de savon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "escuma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "espuma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Seifenschaum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schaum"
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          "_dis1": "63 37 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "word": "szappanhab"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "word": "hab"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37 1",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "word": "muilanvaahto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sobal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "schiuma di sapone"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37 1",
          "alt": "あわ, awa, あぶく, abuku",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "word": "泡"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37 1",
          "alt": "ほうまつ, hōmatsu, うたかた, utakata",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "word": "泡沫"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "binu geopum",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "word": "비누 거품"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "sapunica",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "сапуница"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37 1",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "pata",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "word": "പത"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37 1",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "xöös",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "word": "хөөс"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "skum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37 1",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "köpük",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "word": "كوپوك"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "kaf",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "word": "کف"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37 1",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "piana mydlana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "espuma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mýlʹnaja péna",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
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            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37 1",
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          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "_dis1": "63 37 1",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
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          "sense": "foam of soap and water",
          "word": "నురగ"
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          "word": "sabun köpürmek"
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          "_dis1": "63 37 1",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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        "(countable, uncountable) Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse."
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          "sense": "foam from profuse sweating",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "19 81 0",
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          "sense": "foam from profuse sweating",
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          "_dis1": "19 81 0",
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          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "19 81 0",
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          "sense": "foam from profuse sweating",
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        {
          "_dis1": "19 81 0",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "foam from profuse sweating",
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          "sense": "foam from profuse sweating",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "_dis1": "19 81 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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          "sense": "foam from profuse sweating",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "_dis1": "19 81 0",
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "mylo",
          "sense": "foam from profuse sweating",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "мило"
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        "To cover with lather."
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        "(transitive) To cover with lather."
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          "sense": "to cover with lather",
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          "sense": "to cover with lather",
          "word": "namydlit"
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          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
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          "sense": "to cover with lather",
          "word": "inzepen"
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          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to cover with lather",
          "word": "soppen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to cover with lather",
          "word": "vaahdottaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to cover with lather",
          "word": "saippuoida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to cover with lather",
          "word": "savonner"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to cover with lather",
          "word": "enxaboar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cover with lather",
          "word": "einschäumen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to cover with lather",
          "word": "szappanoz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to cover with lather",
          "word": "beszappanoz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to cover with lather",
          "word": "insaponare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "nasapunuva",
          "sense": "to cover with lather",
          "word": "насапунува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
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          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "sabunlamak",
          "sense": "to cover with lather",
          "word": "صابونلامق"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
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          "sense": "to cover with lather",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        {
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to cover with lather",
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to cover with lather",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "namydlić"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to cover with lather",
          "word": "ensaboar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mýlitʹ",
          "sense": "to cover with lather",
          "word": "мы́лить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "namýlitʹ",
          "sense": "to cover with lather",
          "word": "намы́лить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to cover with lather",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "сапуњати"
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        {
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          "sense": "to cover with lather",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
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          "sense": "to cover with lather",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to cover with lather",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
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          "word": "nasapunjati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to cover with lather",
          "word": "enjabonar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to cover with lather",
          "word": "sabunlamak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "mylyty",
          "sense": "to cover with lather",
          "word": "милити"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "namylyty",
          "sense": "to cover with lather",
          "word": "намилити"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
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          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to cover with lather",
          "word": "seboni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to cover with lather",
          "word": "trochioni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to cover with lather",
          "word": "golchi"
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        "(transitive) To beat or whip."
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "bija",
          "sense": "to beat or whip",
          "word": "бия"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "perdaša",
          "sense": "to beat or whip",
          "word": "пердаша"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to beat or whip",
          "word": "našlehat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
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          "sense": "to beat or whip",
          "word": "vaahdottaa"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to beat or whip",
          "word": "vatkata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to beat or whip",
          "word": "vispata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to beat or whip",
          "word": "aufschäumen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to beat or whip",
          "word": "aufschlagen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to beat or whip",
          "word": "megruház"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to beat or whip",
          "word": "eldönget"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to beat or whip",
          "word": "megver"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "byty",
          "sense": "to beat or whip",
          "word": "бити"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "šmahaty",
          "sense": "to beat or whip",
          "word": "шмагати"
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        "(intransitive) To form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating."
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          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
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          "sense": "to form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating",
          "word": "schäumen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating",
          "word": "habzik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pokryvatysja mylom",
          "sense": "to form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating",
          "word": "покриватися милом"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pokryvatysja pinoju",
          "sense": "to form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating",
          "word": "покриватися піною"
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      "ipa": "/ˈlæð.ɚ/",
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    "English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/æðə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/æðə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑːðə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑːðə(ɹ)/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "in a lather"
    },
    {
      "word": "lathery"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "lather"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English lather",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "lēaþor",
        "t": "a kind of nitre used for soap, soda"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English lēaþor (“a kind of nitre used for soap, soda”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*lauþrą",
        "t": "that which is used for washing, soap"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *lauþrą (“that which is used for washing, soap”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*lówh₃trom",
        "t": "that which is used for washing"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *lówh₃trom (“that which is used for washing”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*lewh₃-"
      },
      "expansion": "*lewh₃-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to wash, bathe"
      },
      "expansion": "*lowh₃- (“to wash, bathe”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "lödder",
        "t": "lather, foam, froth, soap"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish lödder (“lather, foam, froth, soap”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "löður",
        "t": "foam, froth, a kind of niter used for soap"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic löður (“foam, froth, a kind of niter used for soap”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "lóathar",
        "t": "wash-basin"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish lóathar (“wash-basin”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "λουτρόν",
        "t": "a bath, wash-room"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek λουτρόν (loutrón, “a bath, wash-room”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "lavō",
        "t": "I wash"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin lavō (“I wash”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "laj",
        "t": "I wash"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian laj (“I wash”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "λούω"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek λούω (loúō)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lye"
      },
      "expansion": "lye",
      "name": "l"
    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lathers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
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        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
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        "The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water."
      ],
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        [
          "foam",
          "foam"
        ],
        [
          "stir",
          "stir"
        ],
        [
          "soap",
          "soap"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable, uncountable) The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "suds"
        },
        {
          "word": "soap suds"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse."
      ],
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        [
          "profuse",
          "profuse"
        ],
        [
          "sweat",
          "sweat"
        ],
        [
          "horse",
          "horse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable, uncountable) Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A state of agitation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "agitation",
          "agitation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) A state of agitation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlæð.ə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɑː.ðə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlæð.ɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æðə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːðə(ɹ)"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/En-us-lather.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-lather.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d9/En-au-lather.ogg/En-au-lather.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/En-au-lather.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "lăth'ə"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "word": "subo"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sapunena pjana",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сапунена пяна"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sabonera"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "word": "泡沫兒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pàomòr",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "word": "泡沫儿"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "mydliny"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mýdlová pěna"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sop"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zeepsop"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "schuim"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "word": "sapŝaŭmo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "word": "saippuavaahto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "word": "vaahto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mousse de savon"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "escuma"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "espuma"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Seifenschaum"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schaum"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "word": "szappanhab"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "word": "hab"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "word": "muilanvaahto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sobal"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "schiuma di sapone"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あわ, awa, あぶく, abuku",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "word": "泡"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほうまつ, hōmatsu, うたかた, utakata",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "word": "泡沫"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "binu geopum",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "word": "비누 거품"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sapunica",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сапуница"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "pata",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "word": "പത"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xöös",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "word": "хөөс"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skum"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "köpük",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "word": "كوپوك"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kaf",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "word": "کف"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schum"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piana mydlana"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "espuma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mýlʹnaja péna",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мы́льная пе́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сапу̀ница"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sapùnica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "espuma de jabón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "word": "lödder"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "nuraga",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "word": "నురగ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "word": "sabun köpürmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mylʹna pina",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мильна піна"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "foam of soap and water",
      "word": "trochion"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "foam from profuse sweating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pěna"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "foam from profuse sweating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "paardenschuim"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "foam from profuse sweating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "écume"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "foam from profuse sweating",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schaum"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "of a horse",
      "sense": "foam from profuse sweating",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pferdeschaum"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "foam from profuse sweating",
      "word": "hab"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "foam from profuse sweating",
      "word": "tajték"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "foam from profuse sweating",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brat allais"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pina",
      "sense": "foam from profuse sweating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "піна"
    },
    {
      "alt": "на коні",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mylo",
      "sense": "foam from profuse sweating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мило"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lather"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/æðə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/æðə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑːðə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑːðə(ɹ)/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "lather up"
    },
    {
      "word": "lather, rinse, repeat"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "*lethren"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English *lethren",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "lēþrian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English lēþrian",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "lȳþrian"
      },
      "expansion": "lȳþrian",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "*līeþrian",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to anoint, smear, lather"
      },
      "expansion": "*līeþrian (“to anoint, smear, lather”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "lēaþor",
        "4": "",
        "5": "a kind of niter used for soap, soda"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English lēaþor (“a kind of niter used for soap, soda”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English *lethren, from Old English lēþrian, lȳþrian, *līeþrian (“to anoint, smear, lather”), from Old English lēaþor (“a kind of niter used for soap, soda”). See above.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lathers",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lathering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lathered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lathered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The young woman lathered her breasts with lavender-scented soap.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cover with lather."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cover",
          "cover"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cover with lather."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To beat or whip."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To beat or whip."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1997, Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.; republished New York: Vintage Books, 1998, page 147",
          "text": "I woke Corporal Honda to see to the horse. Heavily lathered and breathing hard, it had obviously come a long way at high speed.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "froth",
          "froth"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlæð.ə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɑː.ðə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlæð.ɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æðə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːðə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-lather.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f2/En-us-lather.ogg/En-us-lather.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/En-us-lather.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-lather.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d9/En-au-lather.ogg/En-au-lather.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/En-au-lather.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "lăth'ə"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nasapunisvam",
      "sense": "to cover with lather",
      "word": "насапунисвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to cover with lather",
      "word": "ensabonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to cover with lather",
      "word": "namydlit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to cover with lather",
      "word": "inzepen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to cover with lather",
      "word": "soppen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cover with lather",
      "word": "vaahdottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cover with lather",
      "word": "saippuoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cover with lather",
      "word": "savonner"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to cover with lather",
      "word": "enxaboar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cover with lather",
      "word": "einschäumen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cover with lather",
      "word": "szappanoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cover with lather",
      "word": "beszappanoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cover with lather",
      "word": "insaponare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nasapunuva",
      "sense": "to cover with lather",
      "word": "насапунува"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "sabunlamak",
      "sense": "to cover with lather",
      "word": "صابونلامق"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cover with lather",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "mydlić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cover with lather",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "namydlać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cover with lather",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "namydlić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to cover with lather",
      "word": "ensaboar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mýlitʹ",
      "sense": "to cover with lather",
      "word": "мы́лить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "namýlitʹ",
      "sense": "to cover with lather",
      "word": "намы́лить"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to cover with lather",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "сапуњати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to cover with lather",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "насапуњати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to cover with lather",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "sapunjati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to cover with lather",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "nasapunjati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cover with lather",
      "word": "enjabonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to cover with lather",
      "word": "sabunlamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mylyty",
      "sense": "to cover with lather",
      "word": "милити"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "namylyty",
      "sense": "to cover with lather",
      "word": "намилити"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to cover with lather",
      "word": "seboni"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to cover with lather",
      "word": "trochioni"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to cover with lather",
      "word": "golchi"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bija",
      "sense": "to beat or whip",
      "word": "бия"
    },
    {
      "alt": "разг.",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "perdaša",
      "sense": "to beat or whip",
      "word": "пердаша"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to beat or whip",
      "word": "našlehat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to beat or whip",
      "word": "vaahdottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to beat or whip",
      "word": "vatkata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to beat or whip",
      "word": "vispata"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to beat or whip",
      "word": "aufschäumen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to beat or whip",
      "word": "aufschlagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to beat or whip",
      "word": "megruház"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to beat or whip",
      "word": "eldönget"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to beat or whip",
      "word": "megver"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "byty",
      "sense": "to beat or whip",
      "word": "бити"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "šmahaty",
      "sense": "to beat or whip",
      "word": "шмагати"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating",
      "word": "schäumen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating",
      "word": "habzik"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pokryvatysja mylom",
      "sense": "to form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating",
      "word": "покриватися милом"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pokryvatysja pinoju",
      "sense": "to form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating",
      "word": "покриватися піною"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lather"
}

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