slather

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Verb[change]

Plain form
slather

Third-person singular
slathers

Past tense
slathered

Past participle
slathered

Present participle
slathering

  1. (transitive) If you slather something, you spread a lot of something onto it.
    John likes to slather his bread with butter.
    I slathered myself with sunscreen before I went to the beach.
  2. (transitive) If you slather something, you spread a lot of it onto something else.
    John always slathers butter on his bread.
    I slathered sunscreen on my skin before I went to the beach.