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
Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 8 Apr. 2026
Safe to say—the sporty girlies are slathering on Supergoop year-round to protect their skin.
—Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 8 Apr. 2026
Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 10 Mar. 2026
The slather of cookie-crumbly frosting helps mask it, to a point.
—Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Feb. 2026
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Verb
The Predators slathered on a fifth goal just after their power play expired, Ryan Ufko’s stretch pass sprung Tyson Jost.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 8 Apr. 2026
Safe to say—the sporty girlies are slathering on Supergoop year-round to protect their skin.
—Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
Simply blend wood ash with enough water to make a paste, slather the paste over the greasy surface that needs cleaning, buff the ash and oil away with a soft cloth or sponge, and then wipe the whole area down with a damp cloth to remove any leftover ash and other messy residue.
—Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 10 Mar. 2026
The slather of cookie-crumbly frosting helps mask it, to a point.
—Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slather
Verb
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Many told me the liberal media had smeared them as racists, xenophobes and misogynists.—
Nataliya Gumenyuk,
The Dial,
21 Apr. 2026
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Lawyers for MacInnes have accused Wilson of hiring Melissa Nathan, the American publicist of The Agency Group, to launch websites that smeared Ghost.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
21 Apr. 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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Moyes was out of contract at the end of the 2012-13 season, and the story went that he was anointed as Ferguson’s successor during a meeting at his fellow Scot’s house.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Now adding to an imposing lineup that includes Baruch Spinoza, Karl Marx, Franz Kafka, Sigmund Freud, and Albert Einstein, as well as artistic luminaries ranging from Leonard Bernstein to Mark Rothko, the publisher has anointed Stephen Sondheim.—
Chip Brown,
Air Mail,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The sentiment landed as a conclusion to a slew of examples that made the same case from different angles.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
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But what a lot of people don't realize is that in Lititz, there is a place called Rock Lititz that is home to a slew of companies like Tait Global that produce sets and provide other support for live performances.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Simply rub the cut side of the tomato on your fingers or dab some of the juice onto your hands.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Apr. 2026
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Helpers regularly hand out paper tissues for people to dab away tears.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The talks are advanced and a deal could be announced as early as Thursday, one of the people said, adding that the structure would likely result in the US government being positioned at the top of the debt stack.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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Four Rolex watches, two AMG Mercedes cars, laptops and stacks of cash found underneath mattresses were retrieved.—
Mark Harris OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
22 Apr. 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
Noun
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The parking lot was surrounded by crime scene tape, and multiple evidence markers were spotted on the sidewalk near the parking lot next to a pair of sandals and piles of clothing.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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For everyone else, the towering pile of crises likely means higher food prices for the rest of the year.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Slather.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slather. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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