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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lather.

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Examples

  • It looked like a lath from a distance, so they got the name of "lathers" from this.

    Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History Various

  • The small boy lathers up a huge shaving brush - foam all over it; he rinses off the handle and sets it down for the barber (who is also young, but they don't look related - brother-in-law? step brother?).

    Sensual pleasure: being shaved nwhyte 2009

  • The hot smell of moose lathers the waxen Sunday light.

    Moose-Watching, Moose-Watched William Doreski 2011

  • The Obama team lathers over public-private partnerships.

    Wonk Room » Why The Public Health Plan Is Not A Trojan Horse 2009

  • Mine lathers just a wee bit black because of the black oxide I think but that's just fine with me.

    Three Layer Soap Anne-Marie 2008

  • But the bright gloss Hallmark lathers onto it — that unrelenting chipperness that permeates everything from the music to the lighting — makes your eyes ache.

    Critic's Corner weekend 2008

  • This has the added benefit of keeping the rainwater soft so it lathers up with less detergent.

    Greener white goods 2010

  • With soap she lathers and washes, and with the towel carefully dries.

    GIRL BY THE ROAD AT NIGHT DAVID RABE 2010

  • They peel mussels off the rocks, rinse their tin bowls in sea water, lure crabs out of their crevices with crumbs of food, wade waist-deep and wash their hair with brown laundry soap, the only soap that lathers in this water.

    A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

  • They peel mussels off the rocks, rinse their tin bowls in sea water, lure crabs out of their crevices with crumbs of food, wade waist-deep and wash their hair with brown laundry soap, the only soap that lathers in this water.

    A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

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