to plaster
9
3.4
- verb
- /ˈplæstər/
:
enlucir
- Gennaro has a wondrous grin plastered on his face, just loving everything now.
- plaster a wall
Examples
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Every square inch of town seems to have been plastered with JOHNSON FOR CONGRESS material.
Fiction book (1992) -
No, I have to paint and plaster and do all the wiring stuff, but I'm doing it all myself, so, it's gonna take a little while.
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And we plastered that over the, the whole of the cell so it had a picture of it.
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I plastered those walls myself.
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The entire structure was plastered over, which thereby provided a certain degree of watertightness.
Academic text (1995) -
A garish green poster plastered on a wall caught my eye.
Fiction book (1999) -
Toni and Ned helped them plaster and paint, and soon rented an apartment not far away.
Fiction book (1997) -
We had a cold-water flat, the walls plastered so unevenly we painted them black.
Fiction book (1997) -
The hula girl, dancing beneath the rearview mirror, had a smile plastered to her face.
Fiction book (2002) -
He plans to plaster the living room walls with a fresh coat of paint before the party.
Synonyms
3
8.1
To cover a surface roughly with a thick sticky substance
2
6.5
To cover a wall with plaster or cement to make it smooth and protect it
1
4.5
To cover a surface with a layer of material or paint to hide damage
1
5.1
To cover a surface with soft wet earth to make it smooth
1
6.3
To cover a wall or ceiling with hard plaster
To cover a wall with two coats of plaster to make it smooth
Cover a ceiling with wet paste that dries hard to make it smooth
Cover a surface with a thin layer of plaster to make it smooth
To cover something with mud or with a soft wall paste, for example on drywall
To smear something roughly with paint, plaster, or another soft wet material
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
3
3.1
A hard shell of plaster that keeps a broken bone still while it heals
- Specialized
1
4.1
A white powder that you mix with water to make a hard object for casts and sculptures
- Archaic
1
9.3
A cloth spread with mustard powder that you put on the skin to make it warm
- Archaic
1
7.2
Thin wooden strips covered with plaster for inside walls and ceilings
- Specialized
1
3.5
A cloth strip with a wet white paste that becomes hard to hold a broken bone still
How Thick
Surface Forms
Etymology
Plaster comes from an old Greek word emplastron meaning 'something spread on'. That idea of spreading a wet paste helps you remember why we 'plaster' a wall to protect it and make it smooth.