plastering

Verb

plaster (third-person singular simple present plasters, present participle plastering, simple past and past participle plastered)

1. (transitive) To cover or coat something with plaster; to render.
   • to plaster a wall
2. (transitive) To apply a plaster to.
   • to plaster a wound
3. (transitive) To smear with some viscous or liquid substance.
   • Her face was plastered with mud.
4. (transitive) To hide or cover up, as if with plaster; to cover thickly.
   • The radio station plastered the buses and trains with its advertisement.
5. (transitive) To cover a surface extensively with something, especially posters, pictures, or notices.
   • The workmen plastered the wall with pictures.
6. (figuratively, transitive) To bombard heavily or overwhelmingly; to overwhelm (with weapons fire).
   • Yeah, if you think that was bad... having, obviously, here, being people in the modern day and knowing something about the historical tactics used at the Battle of Samar, we did have, at one point, the American battleline sailing itself into a rain squall, staying in the rain squall, using large...2019 March 6, Drachinifel, 30:36 from the start, in The Battle of Samar (Alternate History) - Bring on the Battleships!, archived from the original on 04 Jul 2022

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