plaster Definition

plaster
noun

1. A material consisting of lime, sand and water that is applied to walls when soft and dries to form a hard smooth surface. Also as adj.
2. A strip of material, usually with a lint pad and an adhesive backing, that is used for covering and protecting small wounds. Also called sticking-plaster.
3. plaster of Paris.

verb plastered, plastering

1. To apply plaster to (walls, etc).
2. colloq
To coat or spread thickly.
Example: plaster gel on one's hair
Example: plaster one's hair with gel
Thesaurus: cover, coat, smear, spread, bedaub.
Form: plaster something with something (usually)
Form: plaster something on something
3. To fix something with some wet or sticky substance.

Example: hair plastered to his skull
4. To cover it liberally.

Example: walls plastered with pin-ups of Take That
Form: plaster something with something (often)

Derivative: plastering
noun

Derivative: plastery
adj

Like plaster.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon in an early sense of noun 2; 13c as noun 1: from French plastre, both from Latin plastrum, from Greek emplastron salve, from en on + plassein to mould or apply as a plaster.