plastered

[ plas-terd, plah-sterd ]

/ ˈplæs tərd, ˈplɑ stərd /

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adjective Slang.

drunk.

Origin of plastered

First recorded in 1910–15; plaster + -ed²

Words nearby plastered

plaster, plaster bandage, plaster cast, plaster of paris, plasterboard, plastered, plastering, plasterwork, plastic, plastic art, plastic bomb

Definition for plastered (2 of 2)

plaster

[ plas-ter, plah-ster ]

/ ˈplæs tər, ˈplɑ stər /

noun

a 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.

plaster of Paris.

a solid or semisolid preparation spread upon cloth, plastic, or other material and applied to the body, especially for some healing purpose.

verb (used with object)

to cover (walls, ceilings, etc.) with plaster.

to treat with gypsum or plaster of Paris.

to lay flat like a layer of plaster.

to daub or fill with plaster or something similar.

to apply a plaster to (the body, a wound, etc.).

to overspread with something, especially thickly or excessively: a wall plastered with posters.

Informal.

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.

Origin of plaster

before 1000; Middle English, Old English < Medieval Latin plastrum plaster (both medical and building senses), aphetic variant of Latin emplastrum < Greek émplastron salve, alteration of émplaston, neuter of émplastos daubed; see em-², -plast

OTHER WORDS FROM plaster

plas·ter·er, noun plas·ter·i·ness, noun plas·ter·like, plas·ter·y, adjective re·plas·ter, verb (used with object)

un·plas·ter, verb (used with object)

Example sentences from the Web for plastered

Inside the bus, the walls are plastered with famous figures over swirls of chromatic paint.

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On the streets of Cairo pictures of Sisi in full military garb are plastered on billboards and hang from lampposts.

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Is it a stretch to imagine that similar socio-cultural barriers are erected even when that name is plastered on billboards?

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Inspiring words like “LEGEND,” “ATHLETE,” and “ROCK STAR” are plastered on the walls.

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His face was plastered all over walls and billboards across Gaza and the West Bank.

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In taking a "secret" cupboard out of a closet, there was discovered some paneling that had been plastered and papered over.

Remodeled Farmhouses |Mary H. Northend
To-day these States are plastered with national forests, and each has three or four times as many sheep as it had ten years ago.

McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. |Various
When he went forth in the fields behind his horse and plow, it wasn't long before his hair was plastered down firmly to his scalp.

The White Feather Hex |Don Peterson
Many of the houses are one-story, stone, plastered, and whitewashed.

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Plastered, impressionistic and sculpturesque, there was about him a quality of the tragic, of the magnificent.

Penrod and Sam |Booth Tarkington

British Dictionary definitions for plastered (1 of 2)

plastered

/ (ˈplɑːstəd) /

adjective

slang intoxicated; drunk

British Dictionary definitions for plastered (2 of 2)

plaster

/ (ˈplɑːstə) /

noun

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

British, Australian and NZ an adhesive strip of material, usually medicated, for dressing a cut, wound, etc

short for mustard plaster, plaster of Paris

verb

to coat (a wall, ceiling, etc) with plaster

(tr) to apply like plaster she plastered make-up on her face

(tr) to cause to lie flat or to adhere

(tr) to apply a plaster cast to

(tr) slang to strike or defeat with great force

Derived forms of plaster

plasterer, noun plastery, adjective

Word Origin for plaster

Old English, from Medieval Latin plastrum medicinal salve, building plaster, via Latin from Greek emplastron curative dressing, from em- + plassein to form

Medical definitions for plastered

plaster

[ plăs′tər ]

n.

Plaster of Paris.

A pastelike mixture applied to a part of the body for healing or cosmetic purposes.

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