Definition of "lather" []

• A foam formed by soap or detergent agitated in water, as in washing or shaving. (noun)
• Froth formed by profuse sweating, as on a horse. (noun)
• Informal A condition of anxious or heated discomposure; agitation: The students were in a lather over the proposed restrictions. (noun)
• To spread with or as if with lather. (verb-transitive)
• Informal To give a beating to; whip. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Since my guess is that you are in lather about this because you view ECB's article as an attack! on!"
• "She was in lather-sweat of fear, and stood trembling pitiably."
• "The lather is dense, holds up and my skin felt baby soft when I was all toweled off."