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plastered

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Word: Plastered

Meaning:
The word "plastered" can have a couple of different meanings depending on the context.

Usage Instructions:
- Use "plastered" to describe someone who is very drunk, typically in informal conversations. - In more formal or technical discussions, you can use "plastered" to describe walls or surfaces that have been treated with plaster. - When discussing hairstyles, "plastered" can refer to the way hair is styled with products.

Advanced Usage:
- In a literary or conversational context, "plastered" can be used metaphorically to describe someone who is overwhelmed by emotions or experiences, similar to being intoxicated. - Example: She felt plastered by the news, unable to process the information.

Word Variants:
- Plaster (noun): A mixture used for coating walls or for making casts. - Plaster (verb): To cover a surface with plaster.

Different Meanings:
- As described, "plastered" can refer to both a state of inebriation and a physical condition of being covered in plaster or styling products.

Synonyms:
- For "very drunk": intoxicated, wasted, tipsy, inebriated. - For "covered with plaster": coated, smoothed, finished.

Idioms and Phrasal Verbs:
- While there are no direct idioms specifically using "plastered," phrases like "plastered with drinks" or "plastered against the wall" (in reference to being very drunk) can be used informally.

Summary:
"Plastered" is an adjective that can describe someone who is very drunk, a surface that has been smoothed with plaster, or hair that has been made shiny and smooth with styling products.

Adjective
  1. very drunk
  2. (of walls) covered with a coat of plaster
  3. (of hair) made smooth by applying a sticky or glossy substance
    • black hair plastered with pomade

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