as in smeared
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 slathered
Fifteen minutes earlier, a cheerful therapist had slathered them in medicinal herbs and thermal mud from the nearby island of Ischia.
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Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 30 May 2026
These soft and savory brioche pretzel buns are ready to be turned into mini sandwiches for the beach or slathered with sauce and transformed into Alabama Hot Dogs.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 29 May 2026
Savory, nutty Gruyère cheese is a perfect complement to the soft sweetness of the maple butter slathered onto the slices of bread before the whole thing hits the panini press.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 May 2026
There’s nothing like corn on the cob, slathered in butter, but don’t stop there; explore the many possibilities of corn, from creamy chowder to crunchy salads.
—Victoria Spencer, Martha Stewart, 22 May 2026
What sets a muffuletta, that iconic sandwich from New Orleans, apart from other sandwiches similarly stuffed with assorted deli meats is the olive salad that’s slathered across the bread.
—Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 May 2026
First, a constellation of highly diverse volcanoes will need to be slathered in geophysical instrumentation and consistently monitored over multiple eruption cycles — meaning many decades.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 May 2026
Lagomarsini slathered the oxtails with the glaze, which was dangerously sticky.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Layer some slices of cooked tempeh onto whole-grain toast slathered with ripe avocado.
—Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 14 Apr. 2026
Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 30 May 2026
These soft and savory brioche pretzel buns are ready to be turned into mini sandwiches for the beach or slathered with sauce and transformed into Alabama Hot Dogs.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 29 May 2026
Savory, nutty Gruyère cheese is a perfect complement to the soft sweetness of the maple butter slathered onto the slices of bread before the whole thing hits the panini press.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 May 2026
There’s nothing like corn on the cob, slathered in butter, but don’t stop there; explore the many possibilities of corn, from creamy chowder to crunchy salads.
—Victoria Spencer, Martha Stewart, 22 May 2026
What sets a muffuletta, that iconic sandwich from New Orleans, apart from other sandwiches similarly stuffed with assorted deli meats is the olive salad that’s slathered across the bread.
—Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 May 2026
First, a constellation of highly diverse volcanoes will need to be slathered in geophysical instrumentation and consistently monitored over multiple eruption cycles — meaning many decades.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 May 2026
Lagomarsini slathered the oxtails with the glaze, which was dangerously sticky.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Layer some slices of cooked tempeh onto whole-grain toast slathered with ripe avocado.
—Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 14 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slathered
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The dog couldn’t go in her room so soon after her transplant, so Aspen dabbed colors on a small canvas and handed it to Scott, who put it in a plastic bag and smeared peanut butter on top.—
Laura Ungar,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2026
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The dog couldn’t go in her room so soon after her transplant, so Aspen dabbed colors on a small canvas and handed it to Scott, who put it in a plastic bag and smeared peanut butter on top.—
Laura Ungar,
Fortune,
23 May 2026
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The calming design from Japanese architect Kengo Kuma instils a sense of peace, complemented by the villas’ light wood and white color scheme that’s daubed with splashes of ocean blues.—
Lauren Keith,
Robb Report,
30 May 2026
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The burial ground and temple were unearthed when someone tried to build a drainage channel for a modern house; to prevent the dampness of visitors’ breath from damaging the extraordinary artworks daubed on the walls, entry is limited to 80 people per day.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Slathered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slathered. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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