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beplastering

beplastering is the present participle and gerund of beplaster.

Meaning of beplaster

Verb

beplaster (third-person singular simple present beplasters, present participle beplastering, simple past and past participle beplastered)

  1. (transitive) To plaster over; to cover or smear thickly; to bedaub (with something).
    • Yet with talents like these, and an excellent heart,
      The man had his failings, a dupe to his art;
      Like an ill-judging beauty, his colours he spread,
      And beplaister’d with rouge, his own natural red.1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Retaliation: A Poem, London: G. Kearsly, page 14

Questions about beplastering

What is beplastering the present participle and gerund of?
Beplastering is the present participle and gerund of beplaster.

Words near beplastering in the dictionary

  1. beplagues
  2. beplaguing
  3. beplaided
  4. beplaster
  5. beplastered
  6. beplastering
  7. beplasters
  8. beplumed
  9. beplushed
  10. bepommel
  11. bepommeled

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