Plastic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Plastic	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Plastic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
plastic adj capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material); "plastic substances such as wax or clay" Synonym(s): fictile, moldable, plastic capable of being influenced or formed; "the plastic minds of children"; "a pliant nature" Synonym(s): plastic, pliant forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning; "a formative influence"; "a formative experience" Synonym(s): formative, shaping, plastic n generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered; "do you take plastic?" Synonym(s): credit card, charge card, charge plate, plastic
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
-plastic \-plas"tic\ (-pl[acr]s"t[icr]k). [Gr. [?] fit for molding, plastic, fr. [?] to mold, to form.] A combining form signifying developing, forming, growing; as, heteroplastic, monoplastic, polyplastic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plastic \Plas"tic\ (pl[acr]s"t[icr]k), a. [L. plasticus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to form, mold: cf. F. plastique.] 1. Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of matter; as, the plastic hand of the Creator. --Prior. See plastic Nature working to his end. --Pope. 2. Capable of being molded, formed, or modeled, as clay or plaster; -- used also figuratively; as, the plastic mind of a child. 3. Pertaining or appropriate to, or characteristic of, molding or modeling; produced by, or appearing as if produced by, molding or modeling; -- said of sculpture and the kindred arts, in distinction from painting and the graphic arts. Medallions . . . fraught with the plastic beauty and grace of the palmy days of Italian art. --J. S. Harford.