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SLATHER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does slather mean?
• SLATHER (verb)
The verb SLATHER has 1 sense:
1. spread thickly
Familiarity information: SLATHER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spread thickly
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
I can't eat bagels without slathering them with cream cheese
Hypernyms (to "slather" is one way to...):
spread (cover by spreading something over)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence examples:
They slather the bread with melted butter
They slather butter on the bread
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