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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Later on, Firecracker was tasked with addressing her church's destruction on television and smeared their reputation, betraying her former life and beliefs.—
Staff Author,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 2026
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To be sure, much of the criticism originated from a local blog that was simply looking to smear Tubbs with exaggerated claims.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
23 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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Any niche status went out the window years ago, as slews of more casual runners opt into the marathon experience.—
Madeleine Schulz,
Vogue,
30 Apr. 2026
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Democrats in both chambers have introduced a slew of war powers resolutions in recent weeks.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
30 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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To avoid straining, and therefore hemorrhoids, people can prop their feet up on stools or even stacks of old magazines to create more of a squatting position than sitting on toilets typically creates, Qureshi said.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
NBC news,
29 Apr. 2026
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Once stacking is complete, a compression structure will apply downward precompression to the module stack.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
29 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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Once the drone was hit by another drone, the soldiers walked over to retrieve both drones and added them to the pile of drones damaged in earlier training sessions.—
Eleanor Watson,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Or a big pile of unclaimed brassieres?—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Slather.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slather. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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