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
Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 18 May 2025
The creamy, fast-absorbing texture leaves skin feeling plump and deeply nourished, while its luxe formula firms and restores a youthful glow—perfect of slathering on after a long day in the sun.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 6 May 2025
Elizabeth Karmel, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cream $67 $47 Amazon When winter dryness comes along, slather on Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cream to ensure your skin stays plump and smooth.
—Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 9 Oct. 2024
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Think a pimiento cheese meatloaf is just the Southern spread slathered on a typical meatloaf?
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 18 May 2025
The creamy, fast-absorbing texture leaves skin feeling plump and deeply nourished, while its luxe formula firms and restores a youthful glow—perfect of slathering on after a long day in the sun.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 6 May 2025
Noun
Serve with cheese, charcuterie, the Thanksgiving meal, and slather on your favorite sandwich.
—Elizabeth Karmel, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cream $67 $47 Amazon When winter dryness comes along, slather on Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cream to ensure your skin stays plump and smooth.
—Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 9 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slather
Verb
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Also, faint objects appear even fainter because their light is smeared out.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
15 May 2025
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Smartmatic wants an even bigger payday than Dominion Voting Systems, which was similarly smeared by Fox News and settled a defamation lawsuit with the network in 2023 for a whopping $787 million.—
Marshall Cohen,
CNN Money,
14 May 2025
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Dalton said a lengthy prison sentence wouldn’t make the community any safer, wouldn’t help the man with his addiction and would cost taxpayers gobs of money.—
Scott Maxwell,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Jan. 2025
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In some instances, websites have gobs of readable material that explain what IQ is and how to manually determine yours.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
2 Oct. 2024
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At his coronation, King Charles III of England was anointed with olive oil from the Monastery of Mary Magdalene, where his grandmother is buried.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement Equal parts tribute and sendup, the moment cleverly heralds the arrival of a new generation anointing its own voices, skewering its own pieties, and distinguishing itself from the wave of millennials that swept pop culture in the early 2010s.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
22 May 2025
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It’s been a bumper seven days for law enforcement working on cyber and dark web investigations, who have accomplished a slew of takedowns, arrests and seizures across the world.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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Microsoft is testing a slew of new generative AI features for Paint, its Snipping Tool, and Notepad.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
25 May 2025
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Most of the food scenes on my list occur at the ends of the stories, but here food sets the story into motion: Mitsuko blitzes shrimp, eggs, flour, and honey in a food processor, drops the mixture into a skillet, dabs everything with soy sauce, and folds the batter gradually.—
Adam Roberts
May 20,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2025
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Part of the appeal was that the technique is fairly intuitive—paint the base color, then dab a textured sponge into the second color and blot—and technically, there’s no wrong way to execute it.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
3 May 2025
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The unknowns in stacks of worms As the next step, Perez said her team would like to learn whether the formation of these structures is a cooperative or competitive behavior.—
Kameryn Griesser,
CNN Money,
5 June 2025
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The heavy stacks of cash fit into a pattern emerging throughout the trial as prosecutors attempt to paint Combs as a man spoiled by success, able to hide a tendency for abuse and criminality through a large staff and an ever-larger fortune.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
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Pick a place that isn’t plastered all over Instagram in July.—
Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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Cason Wallace flying around Jokic and plastering the reigning MVP on a poster.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
18 May 2025
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Imagine spending $3,000 on Nvidia’s latest GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card only to unbox a pile of backpacks instead.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
30 May 2025
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And another with Putin’s head on top of a pile of poop.—
Laura Kelly,
The Hill,
29 May 2025
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“Slather.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slather. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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