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slather
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb slather has 1 sense
- slather(v = verb.contact) Array - spread thickly; "I can't eat bagels without slathering them with cream cheese" is one way to spread
Sample sentences:
They slather the bread with melted butter
They slather butter on the bread
OXFORD DICTIONARY
slather, n. & v.
--n.
1 (usu. in pl.) US colloq. a large amount.
2 (often open slather) Austral. & NZ sl. unrestricted scope for action.
--v.tr. US colloq.
1 spread thickly.
2 squander.
--n.
1 (usu. in pl.) US colloq. a large amount.
2 (often open slather) Austral. & NZ sl. unrestricted scope for action.
--v.tr. US colloq.
1 spread thickly.
2 squander.
Etymology
19th c.: orig. unkn.
THESAURUS
slather
bedaub, besmear, blow, butter, coat, dab, daub, dissipate, enamel, gamble away, gild, gloss, go through, gobs, hang the expense, heap, lacquer, lavish, lay on, loads, million, oodles, prime, quantities, run through, scatter, seize the day, slap on, smear, smear on, sow broadcast, spread on, spread with, squander, tar, throw away, throw money around, undercoat, wads
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