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lathered
[lath-er] 
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lather
[lath-er]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause to bubble |
| Synonyms: | beat, foam, froth, scrub, soap, wash, whip |
| Antonyms: | flatten |
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| Main Entry: | foam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become bubbly |
| Synonyms: | aerate, boil, burble, effervesce, ferment, fizz, froth, gurgle, hiss, lather, seethe, simmer, sparkle |
| Antonyms: | become flat |
| Main Entry: | hit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strike |
| Synonyms: | KO, bang, bash, bat, batter, beat, belt, blast, blitz, box*, brain*, buffet, bump, clap, clip, clobber, clout, club, crack, cudgel, cuff, dab, ding, flail, flax, flog, give a black eye, hammer*, hook, jab, kick, knock, knock around, knock out, lace, lambaste, larrup, lather, let fly, let have it, lob, nail, pellet, pelt, percuss, pop, pound, punch, rap, ride roughshod, slap, smack, sock, stone, swat, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, trash, uppercut, wallop, whack, whang |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat, whip |
| Synonyms: | baste, batter, buffet, chastise, dash, drum, flagellate, flay, flog, hammer, hide, hit, horsewhip, knock, lam, lather, pound, pummel, scourge, smack, strap, strike, thrash, wear out, whale |
| Main Entry: | perspire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become wet with sweat |
| Synonyms: | be damp, be wet, break a sweat, drip, exude, get in a lather, glow, lather, pour, secrete, swelter |
| Antonyms: | dry |
| Main Entry: | spank |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slap, usually on bottom |
| Synonyms: | belt, blip, box, buffet, cane, chastise, clobber, clout, cuff, flax, flog, hide, larrup, lash, lather, leather, lick, paddle, punch, punish, put over one's knee, smack, sock, tan one's hide, tan*, thrash, trim, wallop, welt, whip, whup |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trounce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat overwhelmingly |
| Synonyms: | bash, beat, blank, bury, bust, cap, clobber, conquer, cook one's goose, crush, drub, dust*, fix one's wagon, flog, hammer*, lambaste*, lather, lick*, make mincemeat of, murder, overcome, overwhelm, paste, pommel, put away, rout, swamp, thrash*, total*, trash*, walk over, wallop, waste*, wax, whip, win, wipe off the mat |
| Antonyms: | fail, forfeit, lose |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | whip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit repeatedly |
| Synonyms: | bash, beat, birch, bludgeon, cane, castigate, chastise, cudgel, drub, ferule, flagellate, flog, hide, larrup, lash, lather, punish, scourge, spank, strap, strike, switch, tan, thrash, trash, wallop, whale, whomp |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | foam |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
afoam, bubbling, effervescent, frothy, nappy, sparkling, spumescent, spumous, vaporous
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