Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)A thick sauce or spread that is to be slathered (spread thickly) onto food.

  2. (transitive)Drool (especially if abundant).

  3. (usually plural, transitive)A generous or abundant quantity.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Around the pots, volunteers slather tuna, mayonnaise and chocolate (not all together) on baguettes.

  2. They slathered corn with butter.

  3. Slather yourself with sunscreen.

    ruНамажься солнцезащитным кремом. — marafon

  4. Ah, him! If he tells you to go wash yourself, you should rather slather your face!

Origin

Unknown; attested from early 19th century, in the sense "to slip, slide".

Unknown; attested from early 19th century, in the sense "to slip, slide".

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Forms

plural: slathers
Singularslather
Pluralslathers

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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