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
Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2025
The sunscreen company has plenty of products – to spray or slather – on hand to keep beachgoers protected from the sun.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 30 July 2025
Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Keep Your Cool You’ll be tempted to slather the frosting on the cake at this point, but wait.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Or slather in olive oil, garlic and oregano, then dehydrate to raisin-dry.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2025
The sunscreen company has plenty of products – to spray or slather – on hand to keep beachgoers protected from the sun.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 30 July 2025
Noun
Consider the house made bread with wheatgrass butter—slathered on a piece of seeded sourdough that is as pillowy as a down comforter.
—Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Keep Your Cool You’ll be tempted to slather the frosting on the cake at this point, but wait.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slather
Verb
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The recklessness of Netanyahu's government has smeared on Israel's face a stain that will be difficult to erase even with a generation's effort.—
Ehud Barak,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
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The demand for arbitration alleged a campaign to smear the former anchor.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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After spending lots of time resetting the social media company’s AI strategy—and gobs of money hiring the best technical talent imaginable—Meta is making even more changes.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
20 Aug. 2025
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The electric motors add 242 horsepower—and gobs of low-end torque.—
Michael Harley,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Thus anointed, Irving went on to become America’s original literary celebrity.—
John Swansburg,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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More than one described him as carrying the aura of a wunderkind, the kind of figure Silicon Valley has long been eager to anoint.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Those restrictions came after the US introduced a slew of its own export controls targeting China in late September, despite the two sides seemingly making progress in trade talks over the summer.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
13 Oct. 2025
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There were seven breaks in the second set, with Pegula taking a 3-0 lead on the back of a slew of Gauff double faults.—
James Hansen,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Simply place them sticky side down over your cheekbones, dab the patches with a wet towel for 60 seconds (like a temporary tattoo of yore), and peel off to reveal a glittering look.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
7 Oct. 2025
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Davis sat afterward with reporters and dabbed his sweat-riddled forehead with a towel.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Let’s see the best stacks for Week 6, DraftKings, single entry, and a couple of GPP value stacks.—
Gladys Louise Tyler,
Forbes.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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This was perfect for making a traditional pancake stack.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
11 Oct. 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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Nearly every one who had taken deer had noticed the disappearance of gut piles by the next day.—
Marguerite Reiss,
Outdoor Life,
9 Oct. 2025
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Tens of billions of tons sit idle in waste piles and marginal deposits, overlooked by industry but still rich with potential.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Slather.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slather. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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