paste
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
any soft, smooth, and plastic material or preparation.
dough, especially when prepared with shortening, as for making pie crust and other pastry: puff paste.
any of various semisoft fruit confections of pliable consistency: almond paste; guava paste.
a preparation of fish, tomatoes, or other food reduced to a smooth, soft mass, as for a relish or for seasoning.
a mixture of clay, water, etc., for making pottery or porcelain.
Jewelry.
a brilliant, heavy glass, as strass, used for making artificial gems.
an artificial gem of this material.
Slang. a hard smack, blow, or punch, especially on the face.
to fasten or stick with paste or the like.
to cover with something applied by means of paste.
Slang. to hit (a person) hard, especially on the face.
Computers. to insert (copied text, images, etc.) into a file.: Compare copy (def. 15), cut (def. 25).
Computers. to insert copied text, images, etc., into a file.: Compare cut (def. 42).
Origin of paste
1Other words from paste
- pre·paste, verb (used with object), pre·past·ed, pre·past·ing.
- re·paste, verb (used with object), re·past·ed, re·past·ing.
- sem·i·paste, noun
- un·paste, verb (used with object), un·past·ed, un·past·ing.
Words that may be confused with paste
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How to use paste in a sentence
A good garlic press would enable you to reduce a whole, unpeeled clove into a perfectly cook-able paste, saving you a ton of hassle and keeping your fingers free from smelly goop.
Nine kitchen gifts that do one thing really well | Sara Chodosh | November 26, 2020 | Popular-ScienceWhere they stained watery acrylic paint into canvas, Crotty mixes pigments with modeling paste to make a thick syrup.
In the galleries: Referencing the revered Washington colorists and beyond | Mark Jenkins | November 6, 2020 | Washington PostSpread the paste onto the deposit and let it sit for at least 30 minutes.
Hints From Heloise: Keeping reusable grocery bags free of germs | Heloise Heloise | November 6, 2020 | Washington PostIf there is stuck-on food, remove it with a paste of salt and water.
Hints From Heloise: Sanitizing and disinfecting aren’t the same thing | Heloise Heloise | October 29, 2020 | Washington PostSimmer coconut milk with salt and sugar into a paste, then brown and coat rice in the mixture before cooking it to perfection.
It was similarly painted and pasted with historical figures covering the walls and ceiling.
None of the students pasted anything about the upcoming runoff election.
How I’ll End the War: Making Collage Art With Afghan Students | Nick Willard | May 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA photocopy of the work is pasted onto the wood before being painted over to give the piece its deceiving authenticity.
But “Studies show…” items can be clipped and pasted by… By people like me.
P.J. on the Owl-Monkey Project and the Science of Chick Flicks | P. J. O’Rourke | April 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt sounds almost like he copied and pasted out of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
Burrage himself pasted on the shutters the paper that notified its failure.
The white gash looked like a wide strip of paper pasted down the stick of ruined timber.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn | Margaret PenroseThere was nothing in the pockets of the overcoat, but inside the hat he found pasted the initials L. P.
Dope | Sax RohmerThe boy washed bottles, pasted labels, and cleaned instruments for one whole morning.
The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler WarnerThe same sort of trick may be performed with a poker, round which is evenly pasted a sheet of paper.
Harper's Young People, November 30, 1880 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for paste (1 of 2)
/ (peɪst) /
a mixture or material of a soft or malleable consistency, such as toothpaste
an adhesive made from water and flour or starch, used esp for joining pieces of paper
a preparation of food, such as meat, that has been powdered to a creamy mass, for spreading on bread, crackers, etc
any of various sweet doughy confections: almond paste
dough, esp when prepared with shortening, as for making pastry
Also called: strass a hard shiny glass used for making imitation gems
an imitation gem made of this glass
the combined ingredients of porcelain: See also hard paste, soft paste
(often foll by on or onto) to attach by or as if by using paste: he pasted posters onto the wall
(usually foll by with) to cover (a surface) with paper, usually attached with an adhesive: he pasted the wall with posters
Origin of paste
1British Dictionary definitions for paste (2 of 2)
/ (peɪst) /
(tr) slang to hit, esp with the fists; punch or beat soundly
Origin of paste
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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