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)
- 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
- Yet with talents like these, and an excellent heart,
Questions about beplastering
- What is beplastering the present participle and gerund of?
- Beplastering is the present participle and gerund of beplaster.
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