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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 thicklyplay

  Familiarity information: SLATHER used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SLATHER (verb)


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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