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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024plas•ter•ing (plas′tər ing, plä′stər-),USA pronunciation n. - Buildingthe process of working with plaster.
- Buildinga coating of plaster.
- a decisive defeat;
drubbing.
- late Middle English (gerund, gerundive). See plaster, -ing1 1375–1425
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024plas•ter /ˈplæstɚ/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Buildinga pasty mixture of lime, sand, and water, applied to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- Building, Fine Artplaster of Paris.
- Medicinea solid preparation spread upon cloth or other material to form a case, then applied to the body, esp. for some healing purpose, as holding a broken limb in place:He had one arm in plaster.
v. - Building[~ + object] to cover, fill, or smear with plaster.
- to cause to lay flat: [~ + object + down]He used some gooey hair tonic to plaster his hair down.[~ + down + object]to plaster down his hair.
- to spread or cover with something, esp. thickly or too much:[~ + object]The students plastered the walls with posters.
- Informal Terms[~ + object]
- to defeat completely:In the last game they plastered us 10-0.
plas•ter•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024plas•ter (plas′tər, plä′stər),USA pronunciation n. - Buildinga composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- powdered gypsum.
- Building, Fine ArtSee plaster of Paris.
- Medicinea solid or semisolid preparation spread upon cloth, plastic, or other material and applied to the body, esp. for some healing purpose.
v.t. - Buildingto cover (walls, ceilings, etc.) with plaster.
- to treat with gypsum or plaster of Paris.
- to lay flat like a layer of plaster.
- Buildingto daub or fill with plaster or something similar.
- Medicineto apply a plaster to (the body, a wound, etc.).
- to overspread with something, esp. thickly or excessively:a wall plastered with posters.
- Informal Terms
- to defeat decisively;
trounce;
drub. - to knock down or injure, as by a blow or beating.
- to inflict serious damage or injury on by heavy bombing, shelling, or other means of attack.
- Greek émplastron salve, alteration of émplaston, neuter of émplastos daubed; see em-2, -plast
- Medieval Latin plastrum plaster (both medical and building senses), aphetic variant of Latin emplastrum
- Middle English, Old English bef. 1000
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: plaster /ˈplɑːstə/ n - a mixture of lime, sand, and water, sometimes stiffened with hair or other fibres, that is applied to the surface of a wall or ceiling as a soft paste that hardens when dry
- Brit Austral NZ an adhesive strip of material, usually medicated, for dressing a cut, wound, etc
- short for mustard plaster, plaster of Paris
vb - to coat (a wall, ceiling, etc) with plaster
- (transitive) to apply like plaster
- (transitive) to cause to lie flat or to adhere
- (transitive) to apply a plaster cast to
- (transitive) slang to strike or defeat with great force
Etymology: Old English, from Medieval Latin plastrum medicinal salve, building plaster, via Latin from Greek emplastron curative dressing, from em- + plassein to formˈplasterer n |