Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - plastered

1. If something is plastered to a surface, it is sticking to the surface. His hair was plastered down to his scalp by the rain. ADJ: v-link ADJ prep/adv 2. If something or someone is plastered with a sticky substance, they are covered with it. My hands, boots and trousers were plastered with mud. ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ with/in n 3. If a story or photograph is plastered all over the front page of a newspaper, it is given a lot of space on the page and made very noticeable. His picture was plastered all over the newspapers on the weekend. ADJ: v-link ADJ prep/adv PLASTERER (plasterers) A plasterer is a person whose job it is to cover walls and ceilings with plaster. N-COUNT