PLASTERED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plastered mean? 

• PLASTERED (adjective)
  The adjective PLASTERED has 3 senses:

1. (of hair) made smooth by applying a sticky or glossy substance

2. (of walls) covered with a coat of plaster

3. very drunk

  Familiarity information: PLASTERED used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLASTERED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of hair) made smooth by applying a sticky or glossy substance

Synonyms:

plastered; slicked

Context example:

black hair plastered with pomade

Similar:

groomed (neat and smart in appearance; well cared for)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(of walls) covered with a coat of plaster

Synonyms:

plastered; sealed

Similar:

covered (overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Very drunk

Synonyms:

besotted; blind drunk; blotto; cockeyed; crocked; fuddled; loaded; pie-eyed; pissed; pixilated; plastered; slopped; sloshed; smashed; soaked; soused; sozzled; squiffy; stiff; tight; wet

Similar:

drunk; gone; inebriated; intoxicated; ripped (stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol))

Domain usage:

argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))

 Context examples 

According to their results, the smooth, plastered surfaces were best for homes to stay dry.

(Smoother walls healthier for lungs, SciDev.Net)

The hair was peculiar, plastered down in front in a long, curving wisp over his massive forehead.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He was for ever making eyes at me—a coarse, puffy-faced, red-moustached young man, with his hair plastered down on each side of his forehead.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Jackson had called “Time,” and the two mud-plastered men were already upon their feet, but the interest had suddenly changed from the fight to the audience.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My master had ordered a room to be made for me, after their manner, about six yards from the house: the sides and floors of which I plastered with clay, and covered with rush-mats of my own contriving.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)