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
Jenna Ryu, SELF, 11 Oct. 2024
The McRib sandwich, which consists of seasoned boneless pork slathered in BBQ sauce with onions and pickles, made a comeback this week for a limited time in the UK.
—Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2024
Chris Heasman, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2024
The first-time director, Sam Yates, working from a utilitarian script by Tom Bateman, slathers on mood, yet there’s a primitive charge to the film’s no-frills staging.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Mar. 2024
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Verb
In other words, don’t slather heavily scented lotions or exfoliating body washes onto the sensitive area.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 11 Oct. 2024
The McRib sandwich, which consists of seasoned boneless pork slathered in BBQ sauce with onions and pickles, made a comeback this week for a limited time in the UK.
—Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2024
Noun
In addition to drinking plenty of water, slather on a bit of extra moisturizer.
—Chris Heasman, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2024
The first-time director, Sam Yates, working from a utilitarian script by Tom Bateman, slathers on mood, yet there’s a primitive charge to the film’s no-frills staging.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slather
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Lila’s makeup is smeared all over her face; the windows of the apartment are wide open, the wind rattling the empty rooms.Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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Rubbing will smear the mud and cause a bigger problem.Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2024
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Not because Harris was anointed the next emperor with no clothes.Ted Trimpa, The Denver Post, 12 Nov. 2024
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The nation’s most influential newspaper has essentially anointed Newsom as the leader of resistance to Trump, which is not a bad start on a 2028 campaign for the presidency, especially now that Vice President Kamala Harris is out of the way — if, indeed, that’s Newsom’s unstated ambition.Dan Walters, Orange County Register, 9 Nov. 2024
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The new council and mayor must tackle a slew of troubles for the city, which faces the largest per-capita homeless population in the county, a stark shortage of firefighters and police officers, and ongoing questions on how to balance growth and draw in business.Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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The principles primarily focus around worker upskilling and protection, as well as cybersecurity and safety and come at a time when many companies have already begun implementing AI systems or partnering with third-party vendors to power a slew of different use cases.Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
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But the youngsters' older siblings took costume ideas into their own hands, with Luna rocking a creepy black-and-red clown look while Miles dressed up and dabbed as DJ Marshmello.Jen Juneau, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Stations invited folks to stop and literally smell the roses — or, rather, the scent of lemon, ginger, geranium, patchouli and other oils (which could be dabbed onto cotton balls and taken along for comfort, if needed, later in the day).Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
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According to a 2024 survey, more than 80% of companies plan to invest more in AI as part of their HR technology stack.Ramesh Ramani, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Part 1: Atlanta Ken Carson is resting his back on a pillow of money, two fat-ass stacks of dollar bills.Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2024
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The workshop, where prisoners pack anti-dandruff shampoo and instant coffee for a small salary, is plastered with motivational quotes from luminaries such as Steve Jobs and Nelson Mandela.Rebecca Wright, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
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The vehicle’s exterior is plastered with laminated prints of his poetry, manifestos, and diatribes against cell phones and pesticides.Evan Malmgren, Harper's Magazine, 21 Aug. 2024
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Deep water surrounded much of the area, so someone had placed sheets of wood on top of a chain link fence and balanced both on blocks of plastic foam, creating a makeshift barge that could pull piles of debris from shore to shore. Skid loaders crisscrossed the nearby sand.Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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The zoo shared a video of the baby calf sniffing for food in a pile of glass across its social media accounts to celebrate her birth.Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Google’s big push comes by way of Android 15 with a raft of new updates, while Samsung is arguably doing more, clamping down on sideloading, defaulting to maximum restrictions and pushing its Knox ecosystem as an alternative to Apple’s equivalent.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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In 1952, San Francisco and Antioch became the first communities in California to supplement naturally occurring levels of fluoride in their drinking water, after a raft of studies showing that the mineral made teeth enamel stronger and more resistant to acid.Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Slather.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slather. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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