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noun
- a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling)
- (countable) A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; a plaster cast.
- a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.
- a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
- adhesive tape used in dressing wounds
- any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid; used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs
- (uncountable) A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
- (uncountable) A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings.
- (countable, British, New Zealand, Canada) A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
- (by ellipsis, uncountable) Plaster of Paris.
- A similar material used for exterior walls.
verb
- apply a plaster cast to
- (transitive) To apply a plaster to.
- affix conspicuously
- dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
- coat with plaster
- cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on
- apply a heavy coat to
- (transitive, figurative) To smooth over.
- (transitive) To smear with some viscous or liquid substance.
- (transitive) To cover or coat something with plaster; to render.
- (transitive, figurative) To bombard heavily or overwhelmingly; to overwhelm (with weapons fire).
- (transitive) To hide or cover up, as if with plaster; to cover thickly.
noun
noun
verb
adj
verb
- (construction) To cover a wall with a layer of plaster.
- (transitive, computer graphics) To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.
- (transitive) To pass down.
- (transitive) To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
- (intransitive, cooking) To have fat melt off meat from cooking.
- (nautical) To pass; to run; said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.
- (transitive) To give; to give back; to deliver.
- (nautical) To yield or give way.
- (transitive) To translate into another language.
- (transitive, art, by extension) To apply realistic coloring and shading.
- (transitive) To make over as a return.
- (transitive) To capture and turn over to another country secretly and extrajudicially.
- (ditransitive) To cause to become.
- (transitive) To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.
- cause to become
- give back
- coat with plastic or cement
- make over as a return
- to surrender someone or something to another
- show in, or as in, a picture
- give an interpretation or rendition of
- bestow
- give something useful or necessary to
- melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
- restate (words) from one language into another language
- give or supply
- pass down
noun
noun
adj
- Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.
- That floats or float.
- (linguistics, of a tone) that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme.
- borne up by or suspended in a liquid
- continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
- not definitely committed to a party or policy
- (of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position
- inclined to move or be moved about
verb
verb
noun
- a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle
- used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall
- a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
- (countable) A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.
- (countable) In paper milling, a trough in which material is hammered.
- (countable, military, historical) A short, heavy, large-bore cannon designed for indirect fire at very steep trajectories.
- (uncountable) A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.
- (countable, military) A relatively lightweight, often portable indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate and is designed to lob explosive shells at very steep trajectories.
verb
- To put on a finishing coat of plaster.
- (intransitive) To become coated over.
- (transitive) To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface
- (transitive) To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying on it, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface.
- (intransitive) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
- To surreptitiously scan a payment card in order to obtain its information for fraudulent purposes.
- To steal money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.
- (intransitive) To ricochet.
- (transitive) To clear a liquid from (scum or substance floating or lying on it), especially the cream that floats on top of fresh milk.
- (transitive) To throw an object so it bounces on water.
- To hasten along with superficial attention.
- (transitive) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
- (transitive) To read quickly or describe summarily, skipping some detail.
- examine hastily
- read superficially
- move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
- travel on the surface of water
- coat (a liquid) with a layer
- cause to skip over a surface
- remove from the surface
adj
noun
noun
- A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard.
- (game theory) An uncooperative or purely selfish participant in an exchange or game, especially when untrusting, acquisitive or treacherous. Refers specifically to the prisoner's dilemma, a.k.a. the Hawk-Dove game.
- (entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the genera Apocordulia and Austrocordulia, endemic to Australia.
- Any diurnal predatory terrestrial bird of similar size and appearance to the accipitrid hawks, such as a falcon.
- (US, especially Chicago, and nationwide in African-American, often with "the") Cold, sharp or biting wind.
- A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.
- (politics) An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions.
- A noisy effort to force up phlegm from the throat.
- a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar
- diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
- an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To expectorate, to cough up (something, such as mucus) from one's throat; to produce (something) by coughing or clearing one's throat.
- (transitive) To sell; to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle.
- (intransitive) To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk.
- (transitive) To hunt with a hawk.
- (transitive, intransitive) To try to cough up something from one's throat; to clear the throat loudly; to cough heavily, especially causing uvular frication.
- hunt with hawks
- clear mucus or food from one's throat
- sell or offer for sale from place to place
noun
- a plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces
- A work made of stucco; stuccowork.
- A material with binder and aggregate that is used to coat interior walls or to make interior mouldings.
- A material with binder and aggregate that is used to coat exterior walls or to make exterior mouldings.
verb
noun
- A fine cement of lime only, used by plasterers.
- Alternative form of puttee (“strip of cloth wound round the leg”).
- (golf, colloquial) A golf ball made of composition and not gutta-percha.
- An oxide of tin, or of lead and tin, used in polishing glass, etc.
- A form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fixate panes of glass.
- a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass
adj
verb
noun
- (plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.
- An act of measuring.
- (rail transport) Ellipsis of loading gauge.
- Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things
- (nautical) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.
- A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes, with lower numbers indicating larger size.
- (knitting) The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.
- A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
- (firearms) A unit of measurement which describes how many spheres of bore diameter of a shotgun can be had from one pound of lead; 12 gauge is roughly equivalent to .75 caliber.
- An estimate.
- (nautical) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
- (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
- A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe.
- That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles.
- (rail transport) Ellipsis of track gauge.
- (mathematics, mathematical analysis) A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.
- (US, slang, by extension) A shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat and hunting shotguns).
- diameter of a tube or gun barrel
- the thickness of wire
- the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train
- a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
- accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
verb
- (transitive) To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
- (transitive) To estimate.
- (transitive) To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.
- (textile, transitive) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.
- (transitive) To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.
- (transitive) To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.
- mix in specific proportions
- determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation
- judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
- rub to a uniform size
- measure precisely and against a standard
- adapt to a specified measurement
noun
- A copy of a piece of art or other object cast in plaster.
- (surgery) A cast made of a stiff material (often plaster of Paris and gauze) in order to immobilize a broken bone for the period of healing.
- bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
noun
verb
adj
- (of walls) covered with a coat of plaster
- covered with a waterproof coating
- closed or secured with or as if with a seal
- apply a non-porous coating to something so as to ensure it is impervious
- determined irrevocably
- undisclosed for the time being
- established irrevocably
- Of a road: having an asphalt or macadamised surface.
- Closed by a seal (something to prevent leakage).
- Preventing entrance.
- (object-oriented programming) Not subclassable; from which one cannot inherit.
verb
noun
verb
- (intransitive, transitive) To apply (something) to a surface in hasty or crude strokes.
- (transitive) To paint (a picture, etc.) in a coarse or unskilful manner.
- (transitive, bingo) To mark spots on a bingo card, using a dauber.
- apply to a surface
- coat with plaster
- cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
verb
noun
- a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster
- a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster
- (countable) A cool, refreshing state of the air; coolness, duskiness, shade.
- (countable, painting) An artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster.
- (uncountable, painting) The technique used to make such an artwork.
verb
noun
- A plaster-like mixture used to texture or smooth drywall.
- water soaked soil; soft wet earth
- slanderous remarks or charges
- (historical) A traditional Dutch unit of land area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of land required to sow a mud of seed.
- (slang, originally US) Coffee.
- (slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A black person.
- (slang) Money, dough, especially when proceeding from dirty business.
- Drilling fluid.
- (slang) Opium.
- (US slang) Lean.
- (historical) A kind of box traditionally used in the Netherlands for measuring muds.
- (LGBTQ) Stool that is exposed as a result of anal sex.
- (slang, construction) Wet concrete as it is being mixed, delivered and poured.
- (historical) A traditional Dutch unit of dry measure of variable size, frequently about 3 bushels.
- (figuratively) Willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents.
- A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.
- (slang) Heroin.
- (geology) A particle less than 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
noun
- A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement.
- A crust or hard coating of anything upon or within a body, as a deposit of lime, sediment, etc., from water on the inner surface of a steam boiler.
- (figuratively) An accumulated characteristic of a person that disguises their true nature.
- Anything inlaid or embedded.
- The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted.
- the formation of a crust
- a decorative coating of contrasting material that is applied to a surface as an inlay or overlay
- a hard outer layer that covers something
noun
- A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster.
- (poker) A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of bluffing after a subsequent community card.
- A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands.
- (biology) The gas-filled sac, bag, or body of a siphonophore; a pneumatophore.
- A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
- (automotive) A car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination.
- A small sum of money put in a cashier's till, or otherwise secured, at the start of business, to enable change to be made.
- (weaving) A weft thread that passes over two or more warp threads (or less commonly, warp over weft).
- (publishing, digital typesetting) Any object (element) whose location in composition (page makeup, pagination) does not flow within body text but rather floats outside of it, usually anchored loosely (in buoy metaphor) to spots within it (citations, callouts): a figure (image), table, box, pull quote, ornament, or other floated element.
- A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.
- An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.
- (knitting) A loose strand of yarn that passes behind one or more stitches when knitting with multiple yarns.
- (transport) A lowboy trailer.
- (insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.
- A soft beverage with a scoop of ice cream floating in it.
- A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
- (computing) A visual style on a web page that causes the styled elements to float above or beside others.
- (basketry) A decorative rod that extends over the body of a basket without being attached for part of its length.
- (programming) A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double.
- (finance) Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid.
- A floating toy made of foam, used in swimming pools.
- A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
- (banking) The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account.
- (finance, Australia, and other Commonwealth countries?) An offering of shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, normally followed by a listing on a stock exchange.
- A float board.
- (British) A small vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float.
- the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
- an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
- the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
- an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
- a drink with ice cream floating in it
- something that floats on the surface of water
- a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
verb
- (transitive, finance) To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets.
- (transitive, finance) To issue or sell shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange.
- (intransitive) To drift or wander aimlessly.
- (transitive) To propose (an idea) for consideration.
- (intransitive, electronics) To be not connected or referenced to a known reference voltage.
- (poker) To perform a float.
- (transitive) To spread plaster over (a surface), using the tool called a float.
- (intransitive, colloquial) Of an idea or scheme, to be viable.
- (transitive) To cause to drift gently through the air, to waft.
- (intransitive) To move in a fluid manner.
- (intransitive) To be capable of floating.
- (transitive) To transport by float (vehicular trailer).
- (intransitive, aviation) To remain airborne, without touching down, for an excessive length of time during landing, due to excessive airspeed during the landing flare.
- (transitive, retail) To prepare a till (cash register) for operation, either by putting a float (cash amount) in the cash drawer to provide change for customers making cash payments or (by extension) by recording the time a till starts being used for card payments if it is card-only
- (transitive, colloquial) To extend a short-term loan to.
- (intransitive) To drift gently through the air.
- To be supported by a liquid of greater density, such that part (of the object or substance) remains above the surface.
- (intransitive) To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating.
- (intransitive, figurative) To circulate.
- (transitive) To use a float (rasp-like tool) upon.
- (transitive) To cause something to be suspended in a fluid of greater density.
- (computing, publishing, transitive) To cause (an element within a document) to float above or beside others.
- (intransitive)To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change.
- (intransitive, of an object or substance) To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).
- (intransitive, finance) (of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets, as opposed to by central fiat.
- move lightly, as if suspended
- allow (currencies) to fluctuate
- put into the water
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
- set afloat
- make the surface of level or smooth
- circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
noun
- A broad, thin piece of plaster.
- A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel.
- A piece of pizza, shaped like a sector of a circle.
- (golf) A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw.
- A salver, platter, or tray.
- (cricket) A kind of cut shot where the bat makes an obtuse angle with the batter.
- A thin, broad piece cut off.
- (Australia, New Zealand, UK) Any of a class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices.
- (falconry) A hawk's or falcon's dropping which squirts at an angle other than vertical. (See mute.)
- That which is thin and broad.
- A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
- One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
- (colloquial) An amount of anything.
- (printing) A removable sliding bottom to a galley.
- (British) A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.
- (medicine) A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.
- (programming) A contiguous portion of an array.
- a wound made by cutting
- a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer
- a share of something
- a thin flat piece cut off of some object
- a spatula for spreading paint or ink
- a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
adj
verb
- (transitive, golf) To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player).
- (transitive, tennis) To hit the ball with a stroke that causes a spin, resulting in the ball swerving or staying low after a bounce.
- (transitive, rowing) To angle the blade so that it goes too deeply into the water when starting to take a stroke.
- (transitive) To clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a slice bar.
- (transitive) To cut into slices.
- (transitive, badminton) To hit the shuttlecock with the racket at an angle, causing it to move sideways and downwards.
- (transitive, soccer) To kick the ball so that it goes in an unintended direction, at too great an angle or too high.
- (transitive) To cut with an edge using a drawing motion.
- make a clean cut through
- hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction
- hit a ball so that it causes a backspin
- cut into slices
noun
- (architecture) A plaster cast in bas relief.
- A visible impression on a surface.
- (finance) A datum.
- A pattern or design.
- A footprint.
- (uncountable) Clear handwriting, especially, writing without connected letters as in cursive.
- (film) A copy of a film that can be projected.
- (photography) A photograph that has been printed onto paper from the negative.
- (visual art) A picture that was created in multiple copies by printing.
- (uncountable) The letters forming the text of a document.
- A fingerprint.
- (countable) A newspaper.
- Cloth that has had a pattern of dye printed onto it.
- (uncountable) Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium.
- availability in printed form
- a visible indication made on a surface
- a fabric with a dyed pattern pressed onto it (usually by engraved rollers)
- a picture or design printed from an engraving
- a printed picture produced from a photographic negative
- a copy of a movie on film (especially a particular version of it)
- the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication
adj
verb
- (transitive) To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.
- (ambitransitive) To write very clearly, especially, to write without connecting the letters as in cursive.
- (computing, transitive) To display a string on the terminal.
- (transitive) To stamp or impress (something) with coloured figures or patterns.
- To produce a microchip (an integrated circuit) in a process resembling the printing of an image.
- (finance, ambitransitive) To produce an observable value.
- (transitive) To fingerprint (a person).
- (intransitive, slang) To inadequately conceal a weapon such that its outline or imprint is visible on the person wearing it.
- (transitive) To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.
- (ambitransitive) To publish in a book, newspaper, etc.
- (transitive) To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine.
- write as if with print; not cursive
- make into a print
- put into print
- reproduce by printing
noun
- a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling)
- (countable) A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; a plaster cast.
- a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.
- a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
- adhesive tape used in dressing wounds
- any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid; used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs
- (uncountable) A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
- (uncountable) A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings.
- (countable, British, New Zealand, Canada) A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
- (by ellipsis, uncountable) Plaster of Paris.
- A similar material used for exterior walls.
verb
- apply a plaster cast to
- (transitive) To apply a plaster to.
- affix conspicuously
- dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
- coat with plaster
- cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on
- apply a heavy coat to
- (transitive, figurative) To smooth over.
- (transitive) To smear with some viscous or liquid substance.
- (transitive) To cover or coat something with plaster; to render.
- (transitive, figurative) To bombard heavily or overwhelmingly; to overwhelm (with weapons fire).
- (transitive) To hide or cover up, as if with plaster; to cover thickly.
noun
noun
verb
adj
noun
adj
- Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.
- That floats or float.
- (linguistics, of a tone) that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme.
- borne up by or suspended in a liquid
- continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
- not definitely committed to a party or policy
- (of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position
- inclined to move or be moved about
verb
noun
- A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard.
- (game theory) An uncooperative or purely selfish participant in an exchange or game, especially when untrusting, acquisitive or treacherous. Refers specifically to the prisoner's dilemma, a.k.a. the Hawk-Dove game.
- (entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the genera Apocordulia and Austrocordulia, endemic to Australia.
- Any diurnal predatory terrestrial bird of similar size and appearance to the accipitrid hawks, such as a falcon.
- (US, especially Chicago, and nationwide in African-American, often with "the") Cold, sharp or biting wind.
- A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.
- (politics) An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions.
- A noisy effort to force up phlegm from the throat.
- a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar
- diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
- an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To expectorate, to cough up (something, such as mucus) from one's throat; to produce (something) by coughing or clearing one's throat.
- (transitive) To sell; to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle.
- (intransitive) To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk.
- (transitive) To hunt with a hawk.
- (transitive, intransitive) To try to cough up something from one's throat; to clear the throat loudly; to cough heavily, especially causing uvular frication.
- hunt with hawks
- clear mucus or food from one's throat
- sell or offer for sale from place to place
noun
- a plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces
- A work made of stucco; stuccowork.
- A material with binder and aggregate that is used to coat interior walls or to make interior mouldings.
- A material with binder and aggregate that is used to coat exterior walls or to make exterior mouldings.
verb
noun
- A fine cement of lime only, used by plasterers.
- Alternative form of puttee (“strip of cloth wound round the leg”).
- (golf, colloquial) A golf ball made of composition and not gutta-percha.
- An oxide of tin, or of lead and tin, used in polishing glass, etc.
- A form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fixate panes of glass.
- a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass
adj
verb
noun
- (plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.
- An act of measuring.
- (rail transport) Ellipsis of loading gauge.
- Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things
- (nautical) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.
- A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes, with lower numbers indicating larger size.
- (knitting) The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.
- A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
- (firearms) A unit of measurement which describes how many spheres of bore diameter of a shotgun can be had from one pound of lead; 12 gauge is roughly equivalent to .75 caliber.
- An estimate.
- (nautical) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
- (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
- A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe.
- That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles.
- (rail transport) Ellipsis of track gauge.
- (mathematics, mathematical analysis) A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.
- (US, slang, by extension) A shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat and hunting shotguns).
- diameter of a tube or gun barrel
- the thickness of wire
- the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train
- a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
- accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
verb
- (transitive) To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
- (transitive) To estimate.
- (transitive) To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.
- (textile, transitive) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.
- (transitive) To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.
- (transitive) To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.
- mix in specific proportions
- determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation
- judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
- rub to a uniform size
- measure precisely and against a standard
- adapt to a specified measurement
noun
- A copy of a piece of art or other object cast in plaster.
- (surgery) A cast made of a stiff material (often plaster of Paris and gauze) in order to immobilize a broken bone for the period of healing.
- bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
verb
- (construction) To cover a wall with a layer of plaster.
- (transitive, computer graphics) To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.
- (transitive) To pass down.
- (transitive) To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
- (intransitive, cooking) To have fat melt off meat from cooking.
- (nautical) To pass; to run; said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.
- (transitive) To give; to give back; to deliver.
- (nautical) To yield or give way.
- (transitive) To translate into another language.
- (transitive, art, by extension) To apply realistic coloring and shading.
- (transitive) To make over as a return.
- (transitive) To capture and turn over to another country secretly and extrajudicially.
- (ditransitive) To cause to become.
- (transitive) To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.
- cause to become
- give back
- coat with plastic or cement
- make over as a return
- to surrender someone or something to another
- show in, or as in, a picture
- give an interpretation or rendition of
- bestow
- give something useful or necessary to
- melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
- restate (words) from one language into another language
- give or supply
- pass down
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- (intransitive, transitive) To apply (something) to a surface in hasty or crude strokes.
- (transitive) To paint (a picture, etc.) in a coarse or unskilful manner.
- (transitive, bingo) To mark spots on a bingo card, using a dauber.
- apply to a surface
- coat with plaster
- cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
verb
noun
- A plaster-like mixture used to texture or smooth drywall.
- water soaked soil; soft wet earth
- slanderous remarks or charges
- (historical) A traditional Dutch unit of land area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of land required to sow a mud of seed.
- (slang, originally US) Coffee.
- (slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A black person.
- (slang) Money, dough, especially when proceeding from dirty business.
- Drilling fluid.
- (slang) Opium.
- (US slang) Lean.
- (historical) A kind of box traditionally used in the Netherlands for measuring muds.
- (LGBTQ) Stool that is exposed as a result of anal sex.
- (slang, construction) Wet concrete as it is being mixed, delivered and poured.
- (historical) A traditional Dutch unit of dry measure of variable size, frequently about 3 bushels.
- (figuratively) Willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents.
- A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.
- (slang) Heroin.
- (geology) A particle less than 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
noun
- A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement.
- A crust or hard coating of anything upon or within a body, as a deposit of lime, sediment, etc., from water on the inner surface of a steam boiler.
- (figuratively) An accumulated characteristic of a person that disguises their true nature.
- Anything inlaid or embedded.
- The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted.
- the formation of a crust
- a decorative coating of contrasting material that is applied to a surface as an inlay or overlay
- a hard outer layer that covers something
noun
- A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster.
- (poker) A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of bluffing after a subsequent community card.
- A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands.
- (biology) The gas-filled sac, bag, or body of a siphonophore; a pneumatophore.
- A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
- (automotive) A car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination.
- A small sum of money put in a cashier's till, or otherwise secured, at the start of business, to enable change to be made.
- (weaving) A weft thread that passes over two or more warp threads (or less commonly, warp over weft).
- (publishing, digital typesetting) Any object (element) whose location in composition (page makeup, pagination) does not flow within body text but rather floats outside of it, usually anchored loosely (in buoy metaphor) to spots within it (citations, callouts): a figure (image), table, box, pull quote, ornament, or other floated element.
- A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.
- An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.
- (knitting) A loose strand of yarn that passes behind one or more stitches when knitting with multiple yarns.
- (transport) A lowboy trailer.
- (insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.
- A soft beverage with a scoop of ice cream floating in it.
- A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
- (computing) A visual style on a web page that causes the styled elements to float above or beside others.
- (basketry) A decorative rod that extends over the body of a basket without being attached for part of its length.
- (programming) A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double.
- (finance) Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid.
- A floating toy made of foam, used in swimming pools.
- A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
- (banking) The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account.
- (finance, Australia, and other Commonwealth countries?) An offering of shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, normally followed by a listing on a stock exchange.
- A float board.
- (British) A small vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float.
- the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
- an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
- the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
- an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
- a drink with ice cream floating in it
- something that floats on the surface of water
- a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
verb
- (transitive, finance) To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets.
- (transitive, finance) To issue or sell shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange.
- (intransitive) To drift or wander aimlessly.
- (transitive) To propose (an idea) for consideration.
- (intransitive, electronics) To be not connected or referenced to a known reference voltage.
- (poker) To perform a float.
- (transitive) To spread plaster over (a surface), using the tool called a float.
- (intransitive, colloquial) Of an idea or scheme, to be viable.
- (transitive) To cause to drift gently through the air, to waft.
- (intransitive) To move in a fluid manner.
- (intransitive) To be capable of floating.
- (transitive) To transport by float (vehicular trailer).
- (intransitive, aviation) To remain airborne, without touching down, for an excessive length of time during landing, due to excessive airspeed during the landing flare.
- (transitive, retail) To prepare a till (cash register) for operation, either by putting a float (cash amount) in the cash drawer to provide change for customers making cash payments or (by extension) by recording the time a till starts being used for card payments if it is card-only
- (transitive, colloquial) To extend a short-term loan to.
- (intransitive) To drift gently through the air.
- To be supported by a liquid of greater density, such that part (of the object or substance) remains above the surface.
- (intransitive) To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating.
- (intransitive, figurative) To circulate.
- (transitive) To use a float (rasp-like tool) upon.
- (transitive) To cause something to be suspended in a fluid of greater density.
- (computing, publishing, transitive) To cause (an element within a document) to float above or beside others.
- (intransitive)To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change.
- (intransitive, of an object or substance) To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).
- (intransitive, finance) (of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets, as opposed to by central fiat.
- move lightly, as if suspended
- allow (currencies) to fluctuate
- put into the water
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
- set afloat
- make the surface of level or smooth
- circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
noun
- A broad, thin piece of plaster.
- A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel.
- A piece of pizza, shaped like a sector of a circle.
- (golf) A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw.
- A salver, platter, or tray.
- (cricket) A kind of cut shot where the bat makes an obtuse angle with the batter.
- A thin, broad piece cut off.
- (Australia, New Zealand, UK) Any of a class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices.
- (falconry) A hawk's or falcon's dropping which squirts at an angle other than vertical. (See mute.)
- That which is thin and broad.
- A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
- One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
- (colloquial) An amount of anything.
- (printing) A removable sliding bottom to a galley.
- (British) A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.
- (medicine) A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.
- (programming) A contiguous portion of an array.
- a wound made by cutting
- a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer
- a share of something
- a thin flat piece cut off of some object
- a spatula for spreading paint or ink
- a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
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- (transitive, golf) To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player).
- (transitive, tennis) To hit the ball with a stroke that causes a spin, resulting in the ball swerving or staying low after a bounce.
- (transitive, rowing) To angle the blade so that it goes too deeply into the water when starting to take a stroke.
- (transitive) To clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a slice bar.
- (transitive) To cut into slices.
- (transitive, badminton) To hit the shuttlecock with the racket at an angle, causing it to move sideways and downwards.
- (transitive, soccer) To kick the ball so that it goes in an unintended direction, at too great an angle or too high.
- (transitive) To cut with an edge using a drawing motion.
- make a clean cut through
- hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction
- hit a ball so that it causes a backspin
- cut into slices
noun
- (architecture) A plaster cast in bas relief.
- A visible impression on a surface.
- (finance) A datum.
- A pattern or design.
- A footprint.
- (uncountable) Clear handwriting, especially, writing without connected letters as in cursive.
- (film) A copy of a film that can be projected.
- (photography) A photograph that has been printed onto paper from the negative.
- (visual art) A picture that was created in multiple copies by printing.
- (uncountable) The letters forming the text of a document.
- A fingerprint.
- (countable) A newspaper.
- Cloth that has had a pattern of dye printed onto it.
- (uncountable) Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium.
- availability in printed form
- a visible indication made on a surface
- a fabric with a dyed pattern pressed onto it (usually by engraved rollers)
- a picture or design printed from an engraving
- a printed picture produced from a photographic negative
- a copy of a movie on film (especially a particular version of it)
- the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication
adj
verb
- (transitive) To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.
- (ambitransitive) To write very clearly, especially, to write without connecting the letters as in cursive.
- (computing, transitive) To display a string on the terminal.
- (transitive) To stamp or impress (something) with coloured figures or patterns.
- To produce a microchip (an integrated circuit) in a process resembling the printing of an image.
- (finance, ambitransitive) To produce an observable value.
- (transitive) To fingerprint (a person).
- (intransitive, slang) To inadequately conceal a weapon such that its outline or imprint is visible on the person wearing it.
- (transitive) To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.
- (ambitransitive) To publish in a book, newspaper, etc.
- (transitive) To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine.
- write as if with print; not cursive
- make into a print
- put into print
- reproduce by printing
noun
- a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling)
- (countable) A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; a plaster cast.
- a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.
- a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
- adhesive tape used in dressing wounds
- any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid; used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs
- (uncountable) A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
- (uncountable) A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings.
- (countable, British, New Zealand, Canada) A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
- (by ellipsis, uncountable) Plaster of Paris.
- A similar material used for exterior walls.
verb
- apply a plaster cast to
- (transitive) To apply a plaster to.
- affix conspicuously
- dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
- coat with plaster
- cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on
- apply a heavy coat to
- (transitive, figurative) To smooth over.
- (transitive) To smear with some viscous or liquid substance.
- (transitive) To cover or coat something with plaster; to render.
- (transitive, figurative) To bombard heavily or overwhelmingly; to overwhelm (with weapons fire).
- (transitive) To hide or cover up, as if with plaster; to cover thickly.
verb
- (construction) To cover a wall with a layer of plaster.
- (transitive, computer graphics) To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.
- (transitive) To pass down.
- (transitive) To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
- (intransitive, cooking) To have fat melt off meat from cooking.
- (nautical) To pass; to run; said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.
- (transitive) To give; to give back; to deliver.
- (nautical) To yield or give way.
- (transitive) To translate into another language.
- (transitive, art, by extension) To apply realistic coloring and shading.
- (transitive) To make over as a return.
- (transitive) To capture and turn over to another country secretly and extrajudicially.
- (ditransitive) To cause to become.
- (transitive) To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.
- cause to become
- give back
- coat with plastic or cement
- make over as a return
- to surrender someone or something to another
- show in, or as in, a picture
- give an interpretation or rendition of
- bestow
- give something useful or necessary to
- melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
- restate (words) from one language into another language
- give or supply
- pass down
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verb
noun
- a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle
- used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall
- a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
- (countable) A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.
- (countable) In paper milling, a trough in which material is hammered.
- (countable, military, historical) A short, heavy, large-bore cannon designed for indirect fire at very steep trajectories.
- (uncountable) A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.
- (countable, military) A relatively lightweight, often portable indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate and is designed to lob explosive shells at very steep trajectories.
verb
- To put on a finishing coat of plaster.
- (intransitive) To become coated over.
- (transitive) To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface
- (transitive) To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying on it, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface.
- (intransitive) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
- To surreptitiously scan a payment card in order to obtain its information for fraudulent purposes.
- To steal money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.
- (intransitive) To ricochet.
- (transitive) To clear a liquid from (scum or substance floating or lying on it), especially the cream that floats on top of fresh milk.
- (transitive) To throw an object so it bounces on water.
- To hasten along with superficial attention.
- (transitive) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
- (transitive) To read quickly or describe summarily, skipping some detail.
- examine hastily
- read superficially
- move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
- travel on the surface of water
- coat (a liquid) with a layer
- cause to skip over a surface
- remove from the surface
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noun
- a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster
- a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster
- (countable) A cool, refreshing state of the air; coolness, duskiness, shade.
- (countable, painting) An artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster.
- (uncountable, painting) The technique used to make such an artwork.
verb
noun
- A plaster-like mixture used to texture or smooth drywall.
- water soaked soil; soft wet earth
- slanderous remarks or charges
- (historical) A traditional Dutch unit of land area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of land required to sow a mud of seed.
- (slang, originally US) Coffee.
- (slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A black person.
- (slang) Money, dough, especially when proceeding from dirty business.
- Drilling fluid.
- (slang) Opium.
- (US slang) Lean.
- (historical) A kind of box traditionally used in the Netherlands for measuring muds.
- (LGBTQ) Stool that is exposed as a result of anal sex.
- (slang, construction) Wet concrete as it is being mixed, delivered and poured.
- (historical) A traditional Dutch unit of dry measure of variable size, frequently about 3 bushels.
- (figuratively) Willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents.
- A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.
- (slang) Heroin.
- (geology) A particle less than 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
adj
- (of walls) covered with a coat of plaster
- covered with a waterproof coating
- closed or secured with or as if with a seal
- apply a non-porous coating to something so as to ensure it is impervious
- determined irrevocably
- undisclosed for the time being
- established irrevocably
- Of a road: having an asphalt or macadamised surface.
- Closed by a seal (something to prevent leakage).
- Preventing entrance.
- (object-oriented programming) Not subclassable; from which one cannot inherit.