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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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“Slather.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slather. Accessed 18 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of slather was in 1843
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