"beplaster" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: beplasters [present, singular, third-person], beplastering [participle, present], beplastered [participle, past], beplastered [past]
Rhymes: -ɑːstə(ɹ), -æstə(ɹ) Etymology: From be- + plaster. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|plaster}} be- + plaster Head templates: {{en-verb}} beplaster (third-person singular simple present beplasters, present participle beplastering, simple past and past participle beplastered)
  1. (transitive) To plaster over; to cover or smear thickly; to bedaub (with something). Tags: transitive Synonyms: beplaister [obsolete] Translations (to cover): bepflastern (German), bedecken (German)

Inflected forms

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