different between plastered vs plaster

English

Pronunciation

Adjective

plastered (comparative more plastered, superlative most plastered)

1. Coated with plaster

   The old home had plastered walls rather than drywall.

2. (slang) drunk, intoxicated

   The only way he could deal with the grief following his wife's death was to get so plastered that he passed out.

Synonyms

• (coated with plaster):
• (drunk): See Thesaurus:drunk

Verb

plastered

1. simple past tense and past participle of plaster

Anagrams

• restapled

English

Alternative forms

• plaister
• plastre (obsolete)

Etymology

Old English plaster, from late Latin plastrum, shortened from Classical Latin emplastrum (“a plaster, bandage”); later reinforced by Anglo-Norman plastre.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, Geordie) IPA^(key): /?pl??st?/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /?plast?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?plæst?/
• Rhymes: -??st?(?), -æst?(?)

Noun

plaster (countable and uncountable, plural plasters)

1. (uncountable) A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
2. (countable, Britain, New Zealand, Canada) A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
3. (uncountable) A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings; render, stucco.
4. (countable) A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; plaster cast.
5. (uncountable) plaster of Paris.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• cement board
• lath
• gypsum board
• gyprock
• sheetrock
• wallboard
• drywall

Verb

plaster (third-person singular simple present plasters, present participle plastering, simple past and past participle plastered)

1. (transitive) To cover or coat something with plaster; to render.

   to plaster a wall

2. (transitive) To apply a plaster to.

   to plaster a wound

3. (transitive) To smear with some viscous or liquid substance.

   Her face was plastered with mud.

4. (transitive) To hide or cover up, as if with plaster; to cover thickly.

   The radio station plastered the buses and trains with its advertisement.

5. (transitive, figuratively) To smooth over.

Derived terms

• court plaster
• plasterboard
• plastered
• plasterer

Translations

See also

• drywall
• sheetrock

Anagrams

• Alperts, Platers, palster, palters, persalt, plastre, platers, psalter, replats, stapler

Danish

Etymology

From late Old Norse plástr, from Medieval Latin plastrum, from Latin emplastrum.

Noun

plaster n (singular definite plastret or plasteret, plural indefinite plastre)

1. band-aid, plaster or sticking plaster

Inflection

See also

• bandage

Polish

Etymology

From German Pflaster, from Old High German pflastar, from Latin emplastrum, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (émplastron).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pla.st?r/

Noun

plaster m inan (diminutive plasterek)

1. plaster, sticking plaster, band-aid

   Synonym: przylepiec

2. slice (thin, broad piece cut off from a whole)
3. comb, honeycomb

Declension

Further reading

• plaster in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• plaster in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Noun

plaster

1. indefinite plural of plast

Anagrams

• platser, spalter