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
Emily Orofino, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2025
This includes the best barrier creams to slather onto your complexion when the temps drop below freezing (or—sorry to say it—your skin starts to flake).
—Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 20 Nov. 2025
Nicky Swallow, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2025
Or slather in olive oil, garlic and oregano, then dehydrate to raisin-dry.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2025
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Verb
The tool’s ionic technology also helps your favorite skin-care formulas work more effectively; just flip the spatula over and glide it over your skin after slathering on your serums and moisturizer.
—Emily Orofino, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2025
This includes the best barrier creams to slather onto your complexion when the temps drop below freezing (or—sorry to say it—your skin starts to flake).
—Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 20 Nov. 2025
Noun
About an hour ferry ride from Milazzo, Vulcano lures visitors with its active volcano, Gran Cratere, and open-air mud baths just steps from the port, where bathers slather on the mineral-rich goodness before rinsing in the sea.
—Nicky Swallow, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2025
Or slather in olive oil, garlic and oregano, then dehydrate to raisin-dry.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slather
Verb
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Hadid appears beat up with a gash on her arm, dirt on her face, and smeared black eye makeup.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
8 Jan. 2026
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That would hardly seem out of place, especially given that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem smeared Good as a domestic terrorist.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Our lament about our father’s painful passing in Florida — where there are gobs of old people but no MAID laws to make death more peaceful — morphed into an unexpected series of stories on same.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
9 Jan. 2026
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This may cause gobs of wet clay to fly sideways into the hair of other moviegoers.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
Verb
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But this view illustrates exactly why he’s expected to be anointed a superstar in Milan.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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After an eager and flattering fan (Donovan) appears on his doorstep, Saxberger is beckoned into a coterie of younger admirers who anoint him as a rediscovered genius.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
22 Dec. 2025
Noun
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But what's really cool is how the movie brings those story lines together in a narrative filled with intriguing twists, gnarly kills, heroic sacrifices and a slew of nifty new Predator designs.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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In addition to curating several promotions, Christy has also signed a slew of boxers over the years and has taken them across the country to compete in various events.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Simply dab it into the centre of the lips to complete the halo effect—soft, pillowy, and dreamy.—
Hannah Coates,
Vogue,
1 Jan. 2026
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Simply dab it onto the center of your lips to perfect the halo effect.—
Glamour Spain,
Glamour,
30 Dec. 2025
Noun
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During a recent clean-out, I was shocked by the various levels of color saturation in my stack of black jeans.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
8 Nov. 2025
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Atlas toward pushing control boundaries and Optimus toward integration with production-line economics and perception stacks adapted from autonomous driving.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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One version of Scanlon’s blinking face has been viewed more than 6 billion times on Giphy alone, plastered in chat rooms, text messages and social media posts.—
Cristian Santana,
NBC news,
27 Sep. 2025
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But his home operation finally took off when the school newspaper ran a profile on his cookie-peddling scheme, plastering the story on the front page.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
21 Sep. 2025
Noun
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During the day, the birds lie motionless on the ground, blending into piles of leaves and tree stumps to hide from predators.—
Marina Watts,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Each pepper is topped with a heaping pile of fontina cheese.—
Riley Wofford,
Martha Stewart,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Slather.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slather. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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