plaster (redirected from plastering)

plaster something onto something and plaster something on

to spread a substance onto something. She plastered great globs of the jam onto the toast. She plastered on lots of butter.

plaster something up

to close something up with plaster; to cover over holes or cracks in a wall with plaster. He plastered the cracks up and then painted over them. You have to plaster up the cracks.

See also: up

plaster something with something

to spread some substance onto something. Jane plastered each slice of bread with butter and then heaped on a glob of jam. She plastered the wall with a thin coat of fine white plaster.

plaster one's hair down

Fig. to use water, oil, or cream to dress the hair for combing. (The result looks plastered to the head.) Tony used some strange substance to plaster his hair down. He plastered down his hair with something that smells good.

See also: hair

plaster over something

to cover over something with plaster. I think that we will just plaster over the cracks in the wall.