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
Daniel Smith, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2026
Grab a package and enjoy them as-is or crumble them over a mini rice bowl or some rice cakes slathered with peanut butter.
—Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 26 Feb. 2026
Merrill Shindler, Daily News, 1 Oct. 2025
Delicately slather on Davines OI Oil to add shine and softness to wet or dry hair without weighing it down, especially if hair is feeling extra coarse.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Look at him carrying his baby to the park, to the market, to the playground; tying a bonnet to her head; slathering her plump pink arms with organic sunblock.
—Daniel Smith, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2026
Grab a package and enjoy them as-is or crumble them over a mini rice bowl or some rice cakes slathered with peanut butter.
—Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 26 Feb. 2026
Noun
In the meantime, a slather of guaca-salsa does just fine.
—Merrill Shindler, Daily News, 1 Oct. 2025
Delicately slather on Davines OI Oil to add shine and softness to wet or dry hair without weighing it down, especially if hair is feeling extra coarse.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slather
Verb
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Micron has come a long way since its humble founding nearly half a century ago in the basement of a Boise dental office, where sedative gas wafted through the floorboards and an early executive used a hair dryer to keep the company’s logo from smearing off its chips.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
11 Mar. 2026
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There’s a very good reason why audiences emerged from that movie ready to smear lipstick all over their faces for Halloween and then march in costume down to the Dolby Theater to demand an Oscar nomination.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The iPhone maker isn’t spending gobs of cash in the race to expand AI computing capacity, instead partnering with Google to power artificial intelligence features.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
6 Mar. 2026
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There are gobs of money to be made selling enterprise software, but dulling the impact of AI is also a useful feint.—
Josh Tyrangiel,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The Assembly of Experts, the body tasked with the job of selecting the new supreme leader, could anoint one of the two clerics on the three-man committee.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
1 Mar. 2026
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Sullivan regularly anointed stars and cultural icons with a single appearance, beaming performers—Elvis Presley, the Supremes, and the Beatles—straight into homes that might never otherwise encounter them.—
Margaret Heidenry,
Vanity Fair,
24 Feb. 2026
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The main targets are the EU, China and Mexico, alongside a slew of other nations including Switzerland, Norway, Japan, India and South Korea.—
Leonie Kidd,
CNBC,
12 Mar. 2026
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The Parties Awards season will officially end with a slew of parties Sunday night, where winners will be toasted and the industry will celebrate.—
Kimberly Nordyke,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Mar. 2026
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Helpers regularly hand out paper tissues for people to dab away tears.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Mar. 2026
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Use a small brush to dab pollen from the outer stamens to the center blossom to mimic pollination.—
Lauren Wellbank,
Martha Stewart,
5 Mar. 2026
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So the mission team rolled the Artemis 2 stack off Pad 39B and back to KSC's cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) for repairs.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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The first is that Ticketmaster’s tech stack doesn’t work under enormous pressure.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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To celebrate, the president wants to offer free admissions that day to the country’s national parks, a self-serving gesture, no doubt, but one that is no surprise for a man who spent much of his adult life plastering his name on the sides of buildings, airplanes and casino hotels.—
Leonard Greene,
Mercury News,
27 Dec. 2025
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In one scene, Gracie Abrams texts Taylor a picture of the singer plastered on the side of a hotel in Indianapolis.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
23 Dec. 2025
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Nvidia is using its mammoth cash pile to expand into new product areas.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2026
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The evidence is irrefutable — a pile of drool atop a drenched spot on your pillow.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Slather.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slather. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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