pleisteren
“pleisteren” is a Dutch word. Its 9 meanings in English:
adjective
verb
- to (apply) plaster, stucco
- to apply a (medical) plaster
- to smear, cover (up) (notably cosmetically), hide
- to pave (a road)
- to interrupt a journey, take a rest, make a stop, notably to tend to the needs of traveler(s), vehicle(s), staff and/or working animal(s)
- to (take a) pause or rest in general
- to be, spend time, somewhere
Etymology
From plaaster (“a plaster”), (perhaps via Old French plastre, modern plâtre) from Latin emplastrum, from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (émplastron, “salve, plaster”), from ἐν- (en-, “on”) + πλάσσω (plássō, “to mold, form”).
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