as in to smear
to put a thick layer of a liquid, cream, etc. over (something)
We ate lobster slathered with butter. She slathered her skin with sunscreen.
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Recent Examples of slather
Alex Golden, Axios, 24 Feb. 2025
Filled and slathered in butter and cheese, these toasty squares will make your guests go wild.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 23 Feb. 2025
Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 27 Sep. 2024
For smoother skin from the neck downwards, slather on Eos' body lotion.
—Sarah Han, Allure, 18 July 2024
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Verb
The chicken slathered in the salsa verde it's served with will do the trick.
—Alex Golden, Axios, 24 Feb. 2025
Filled and slathered in butter and cheese, these toasty squares will make your guests go wild.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 23 Feb. 2025
Noun
The Body Oil has the same alluring concoction of jasmine, saffron, cedarwood, and ambergris notes so your loved ones can slather said notes all over their bodies—oo la la.
—Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 27 Sep. 2024
For smoother skin from the neck downwards, slather on Eos' body lotion.
—Sarah Han, Allure, 18 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slather
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Carbs Before bed, the best carbohydrate options are complex carbs and whole foods, like a piece of whole-grain toast smeared with avocado or a banana with almond butter.—
Lauren Panoff, MPH, RD,
Verywell Health,
28 Feb. 2025
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Soap removes sticky spills, smeared food or mud; bleach might take out the stains left once the crud is gone.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Feb. 2025
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Laufey’s rapid ascent has led some to anoint her as jazz’s savior.—
Andrew R. Chow,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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After Rifaat’s betrayal, the anointed was Bassel, the crown prince.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
27 Jan. 2025
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Alongside the new handsets, Xiaomi showed off a slew of other devices.—
Simon Hill,
WIRED,
4 Mar. 2025
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The bottom half featured a slew of interesting results.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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For many, that’s smack dab in the middle of the Glory Days.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
26 Feb. 2025
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Poitras, who turns 21 on March 10, is smack dab in the middle of his professional development.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Join 376 others in the comments View Comments Entertainer Kid Rock posted a video of himself shooting a stack of Bud Light cases.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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But there were a number of vital steps in between those basic actions for astro stacks that proved either fiddly or time consuming, or both.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Feb. 2025
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As a result, the infiltrator managed to gain access to her nude photos and then distributed them to her Snapchat contacts and Facebook friends, before plastering them on her Facebook page as well, police said.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
7 Mar. 2025
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The city received complaints that candidates’ signs were too large — such as one about a bus with the candidate’s face plastered on the side taking up multiple parking spots at the Civic Center.—
Natalia Jaramillo,
Orlando Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2025
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The trestle will require the installation of some 1,200 36-inch steel piles covering an area of 400,000 square feet with the top of the pile being 10 feet above the Patapsco’s mean high-water line, according to the Army Corps.—
Michelle Deal-Zimmerman,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Mar. 2025
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Walmart's push shows how rising geopolitical tensions are set to reshape global supply chains and pile pressure on U.S. consumers already grappling with cost-of-living stresses.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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Under Trump's flip-flopping raft of tariffs, Washington placed a 10 percent tariff on Canadian energy, the major supplier to U.S. states hugging the northern border.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
9 Mar. 2025
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Signs for how Beijing plans to address these challenges will also be closely watched, after a raft of policy adjustments since last summer were seen as falling short.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Slather.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slather. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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