plaster

plaster
plaster [{{t}}'plɑ:stə(r)]
1 noun
(a) (for walls, modelling) plâtre m
(b) (for broken limbs) plâtre m;
{{}}British{{}} her arm was in plaster elle avait le bras dans le plâtre
(c) {{}}British{{}} (for cut)
(sticking) plaster pansement m (adhésif);
corn plasters pansements mpl coricides
2 compound-forming noun
(model, statue) de ou en plâtre
3 transitive verb
(a) {{}}Building industry{{}} & {{}}Medicine{{}} plâtrer
(b) (smear → ointment, cream) enduire;
she had plastered make-up on her face, her face was plastered with make-up elle avait une belle couche de maquillage sur la figure;
they were plastered with mud ils étaient couverts de boue
(c) (make stick) coller;
the rain had plastered his shirt to his back la pluie lui avait plaqué la chemise sur le dos;
he tried to plaster his hair down with oil il mit de l'huile sur ses cheveux pour essayer de les plaquer sur sa tête
(d) (cover)
to plaster sth with sth couvrir qch de qch;
to plaster a wall with notices, to plaster notices over a wall couvrir un mur d'affiches;
the town was plastered with election posters les murs de la ville étaient tapissés ou recouverts d'affiches électorales;
her name was plastered over the front pages son nom s'étalait en première page
(e) {{}}familiar{{}} (defeat heavily) écraser; (beat up) tabasser, passer à tabac
►► plaster cast {{}}Medicine{{}} plâtre m; {{}}Art{{}} moule m (en plâtre);
plaster of Paris plâtre m de Paris or à mouler
plaster over, plaster up separable transitive verb
(hole, crack) boucher (avec du plâtre)

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