plaster
part of speech
noun (plaster, uncountable; a plaster, plasters); verb (plaster, plasters, plastered, plastering)
meaning for a pupil
1) In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, a plaster is a small sticky strip you put over a cut, called a Band-Aid in the USA and Canada. tree →
2) Plaster is a paste that goes hard when dry, used to make walls and ceilings smooth. tree →
3) A plaster cast is a hard cover put around a broken arm or leg. tree →
4) To plaster something is to cover it thickly: plastered with mud. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A paste of lime or mud spread over walls. In the Prophets it is also a medicine laid on a sore, as Isaiah ordered a cake of figs for Hezekiah's boil, and "whited plaster" is a picture of the false prophets' coverings over weak walls. Interpretation: In the law of the house with plague, plastering is part of the test. Plastering the stones on Mount Ebal is read as writing the Torah so that all nations could read it, in seventy languages. Ezekiel's whitewashed wall is read as false comfort hiding real danger. In the primary lessons: In first-aid lessons: clean a small cut, then put on a plaster to keep germs out; tell an adult about big cuts. In building and art: plaster of Paris is used for models and casts. Phrases: put on a plaster, plaster cast, in plaster, plastered with.
examples
- And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the house. (Torah LEV.14.42, JPS 1917) tree →
- And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that the stones have been taken out, and after the house hath been scraped, and after it is plastered; (Torah LEV.14.43, JPS 1917) tree →
- And it shall be when ye are passed over the Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaster them with plaster. (Torah DEU.27.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Isaiah said: 'Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover.' (Prophets ISA.38.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- And her prophets have daubed for them with whited plaster, seeing falsehood, and divining lies unto them, saying: Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken. (Prophets EZK.22.28, JPS 1917) tree →
- Because, even because they have led My people astray, saying: Peace, and there is no peace; and when it buildeth up a slight wall, behold, they daub it with whited plaster; (Prophets EZK.13.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- I fell over and Mum put a plaster on my knee. tree →
- Wash the cut before you put on a plaster. tree →
- The builder smoothed plaster on the wall. tree →
- Her broken arm was in plaster for six weeks. tree →
- We made a plaster model of a volcano. tree →
- My boots were plastered with mud. tree →
- Can I have a plaster? I cut my finger. tree →
- The posters were plastered all over the wall. tree →
- A few minutes after, a Bricklayer passed by, carrying a pail full of plaster on his shoulder. tree →
note
A plaster for cuts is countable; the building material is uncountable. Americans say Band-Aid or bandage; a bandage in British English is a long strip of cloth, not a sticky plaster. Plaster sets hard as it dries.
In the corpora
- When you graze your knee, blood dries into a scab that seals the gap like a plaster while new skin grows underneath.
- Badger gives them dry clothes and slippers, washes Mole's cut leg and puts a plaster on it.
- A scab is the body's own plaster: it protects the new skin underneath, so it is best to leave it alone.
- Tell a grown-up early about a blister and cover it with a plaster or blister pad before it becomes an open sore.
- She takes a breath, puts on a band-aid (a plaster) and hugs him.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «plaster» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.