to paper
- verb
- /ˈpeɪpər/
- Oh, I wish I had time to paper the walls.
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Examples
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The floor is carpeted, the walls are papered; the room is an oasis in the factory.
Fiction book (1994) -
To refresh the appearance of the office, we will paper the walls with new designs.
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Do you know why I papered this room like this?
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When are you getting these walls papered, Elizabeth?
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It featured papered walls, comfortable furniture, polished spittoons, and a piano that was actually in tune.
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We plan to paper the living room with a bright floral wallpaper.
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She decided to paper the children’s room in fun colors.
Synonyms
To put decorative paper on room walls
To cover something with a cloth or paper
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Formal
A document that explains a group or person's view and gives reasons about an issue
- Offensive
An office worker who spends most of their time doing forms and paperwork
A thin, delicate sheet made from the inside of a plant used for writing, painting, or wrapping
- Archaic
A thin sheet coated with dark wax that makes a copy when placed between papers
- Specialized
Long paper with holes along the sides used in old printers like dot-matrix
- Specialized
Thin paper with tiny holes that lets liquid pass but keeps solid bits
- Specialized
A fall in an investment's value that is only on paper because you have not sold it
Paper with a special coating that lets you move a design onto another surface often using heat
- Specialized
Paper covered with a chemical that changes when it sees light, used to make photos
- Archaic
A game where some players run ahead leaving bits of paper while others follow to catch them before the finish
- Specialized
Financial products that let people invest in gold without holding physical gold
Paper that does not soak up oil and is used to line baking trays and wrap food
- Archaic
Paper used to make blueprints that show white lines on a blue background
How Durable
Surface Forms
Etymology
To paper a wall means to cover it with paper, and this verb comes directly from the noun because people used sheets of paper to decorate or cover surfaces. So to 'paper' a room is to put paper on the walls to change how they look.