to slather butter on toast
1slather — /sladh euhr/, Informal. v.t. 1. to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast. 2. to spread something thickly on (usually fol. by with): to slather toast with butter. 3. to spend or use lavishly. n. 4. Often, slathers. a generous amount …
2slather — slath•er [[t]ˈslæð ər[/t]] v. t. 1) inf to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast[/ex] 2) inf to spread something thickly on (usu. fol. by with): to slather toast with butter[/ex] 3) inf to spend or use lavishly 4) inf Often,… …
3slather — [[t]slæ̱ðə(r)[/t]] slathers, slathering, slathered VERB If you slather something with a substance, or slather a substance onto something, you put the substance on in a thick layer. [V n with adv] If your skin is dry, you have to slather on… …
4slather — verb (T) AmE to cover something with a thick layer of a soft substance: toast slathered with butter …
5compliment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. praise, flatter, commend, congratulate. See approbation, congratulation, courtesy. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. praise, commendation, felicitation, tribute, encomium, approval, endorsement, sanction,… …
6spread — 1. verb 1) he spread the map out Syn: lay out, open out, unfurl, unroll, roll out; straighten out, fan out; stretch out, extend; literary outspread Ant: fold up 2) the landscape spread out below …
