Meaning

7 senses
  1. (transitive)To cover or coat something with plaster; to render.

    to plaster a wall

    vergipsen, putzen, verputzen

    coat with plaster

  2. (transitive)To apply a plaster to.

    to plaster a wound

    apply a plaster cast to

  3. (transitive)To smear with some viscous or liquid substance.

    Her face was plastered with mud.

    gipsen

  4. (transitive)To hide or cover up, as if with plaster; to cover thickly.

    The radio station plastered the buses and trains with its advertisement.

    überziehen, überputzen, übertünchen

    cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on

  5. (transitive)To cover a surface extensively with something, especially posters, pictures, or notices.

    The workmen plastered the wall with pictures.

  6. (figuratively, transitive)To bombard heavily or overwhelmingly; to overwhelm (with weapons fire).

  7. (figuratively, transitive)To smooth over.

Examples

46 sentences
  1. Tom was plastered.

    Том був п'яний.

    deTom war betrunken.

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  2. I know that Tom is plastered.

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  3. You looked like you were plastered.

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  4. Tom looked like he was plastered.

    deTom sah aus, als wäre er knüppeldicke voll.

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  5. A plasterer is a craftsman who applies plaster on walls.

    deEin Stuckateur ist ein Handwerker, der Stuck auf Wände aufträgt.

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Translations

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By meaning 3
to cover with plaster:
to smear with some viscous or liquid substance:
to cover up, as with plaster:

Origin

From Middle English plaster, plastre, from Old English plaster, from late Latin plastrum,

From Middle English plaster, plastre, from Old English plaster, from late Latin plastrum, shortened from Classical Latin emplastrum (“a plaster, bandage”); later reinforced by Anglo-Norman plastre. Displaced native Old English clīþa.

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Forms

plasters, plastering, plastered, plastered
Base formplaster · to plaster
3rd person singularplasters
Present participleplastering
Past simpleplastered
Past participleplastered

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyplaster
he, she, itplasters

Past simpleLesson

all personsplastered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave plastered
he, she, ithas plastered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill plaster

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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