paste — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A soft moist mixture, in particular: One of flour, fat, or similar ingredients used in making pastry.

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2. A soft moist mixture, in particular: Pastry.

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   • Countable
   • Obsolete
   • Uncountable

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   And that day month, he had the paste rolled out, and cut the fair twin's head off, and chopped her in pieces, and peppered her, and salted her, and put her in the pie, and sent it to the baker's, and ate it all, and picked the bones.

3. A soft moist mixture, in particular: One of pounded foods, such as fish paste, liver paste, or tomato paste.

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4. A soft moist mixture, in particular: One used as an adhesive, especially for putting up wallpapers, etc.

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   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Synonyms

   glueadhesive

   Examples

   Near-synonyms: glue, adhesive

5. A substance that behaves as a solid until a sufficiently large load or stress is applied, at which point it flows like a fluid.

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6. A hard lead-containing glass; an artificial gemstone made from this glass.

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   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   Yesterday I bought some paste, which is a nickname for fake diamonds, and they were from Bergdorf’s.

7. Pasta.

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   • Countable
   • Obsolete
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   This is likewise the market for their oil, and the paste called macaroni, of which they make a good quantity.

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   Vermicelli for soups, is paste from Italy; so called because it looks like worms. My macaroni, paste from Italy—My salop, a root ground to powder—the root of one kind of orchis.

8. The mineral substance in which other minerals are embedded.

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Verb

1. To stick with paste; to cause to adhere by or as if by paste.

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   • Transitive

2. To insert a piece of media (e.g. text, picture, audio, video) previously copied or cut from somewhere else.

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   • Transitive

Verb

1. To strike or beat someone or something.

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   • Slang
   • Transitive

   Examples

   He got up and pasted Byfield in the mouth.

2. To defeat decisively or by a large margin.

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   • Slang
   • Transitive

Noun

1. any mixture of a soft and malleable consistency

   Broader terms

   composition

2. a hard, brilliant lead glass that is used in making artificial jewelry

   Broader terms

   lead glass

3. an adhesive made from water and flour or starch; used on paper and paperboard

   Synonyms

   library paste

   Broader terms

   adhesive materialadhesive agentadhesive

4. a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes

   Synonyms

   spread

   Broader terms

   condiment

Verb

1. join or attach with or as if with glue

   Synonyms

   glue

   Broader terms

   attach

   Examples

   paste the sign on the wall

   cut and paste the sentence in the text

2. hit with the fists

   Broader terms

   beat

   Examples

   He pasted his opponent

3. cover the surface of

   Broader terms

   cover

   Examples

   paste the wall with burlap