to paper
- verb
- /ˈpeɪpər/
- Oh, I wish I had time to paper the walls.
It's just been pissed torch papered.
- It's just been pissed torch papered.
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
Paper covered with a chemical that changes when it sees light, used to make photos
- Archaic
Paper used to make blueprints that show white lines on a blue background
Paper that does not soak up oil and is used to line baking trays and wrap food
A climbing plant with hard stems and bright thin parts that look like paper and decorate gardens
- UK
A regular route for delivering newspapers often done by a young person before school
- Specialized
A fall in an investment's value that is only on paper because you have not sold it
Paper that soaks up water, made in sheets or rolls for drying hands and cleaning spills
Paper with a special coating that lets you move a design onto another surface often using heat
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.