(transitive) To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.

In the absence of a controlling entity, subordinates will take advantage of circumstances.

(uncountable) A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes. / (countable, Britain, New Zealand, Canada) A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.

(transitive) To cover or coat something with plaster; to render. / (transitive) To apply a plaster to. / (transitive) To smear with some viscous or liquid substance.

(often used with the, sometimes capitalized: the Plague) The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.

(transitive) To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly. / (transitive) To afflict with a disease or other calamity.

(astronomy) A planet which orbits in the habitable zone around a star, where temperatures like those on Earth occur, allowing for the possible existence of liquid water and of life.

(mechanics) One of the simple machines; a sloping surface such as a ramp such that an object can be raised with less effort than being lifted vertically.

(now rare, regional) Flat, level. / Ordinary; lacking adornment or ornamentation; unembellished. / Of just one colour; lacking a pattern.

(colloquial) Simply. / (archaic) Plainly; distinctly.