plastered

plastered
[[t]plɑ͟ːstə(r)d, plæ̱s-[/t]]
1) ADJ: v-link ADJ prep/adv If something is plastered to a surface, it is sticking to the surface.

His hair was plastered down to his scalp by the rain.

2) ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ with/in n If something or someone is plastered with a sticky substance, they are covered with it.

My hands, boots and trousers were plastered with mud.

3) ADJ: v-link ADJ prep/adv If a story or photograph is plastered all over the front page of a newspaper, it is given a lot of space on the page and made very noticeable.

His picture was plastered all over the newspapers on the weekend.

4) ADJ: v-link ADJ If someone gets plastered, they get very drunk. [INFORMAL]

With gin at 9p a tot, getting plastered is cheap and easy.

Syn:
5) ADJ If someone's broken arm or leg is plastered, it has a hard cover of plaster of Paris around it to protect the broken bone while it is mending.

She was sitting in a hospital bed, her plastered leg up in the air.


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