paste
noun
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
pasted
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past participleof paste.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof paste.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
pastenouna mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
Example Sentences
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At an army base serving as a rescue hub in Bidur, relatives crowded around lists of rescued people pasted on a wall.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Stern sent copy and pasted text of an ABC News article dated 2 October 2009 to Epstein titled Duchess of Debt?
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026
She stepped into the bathroom, rubbed some adhesive across her face, pasted on the fake beard, and colored her hair with gray paint she had bought at a costume shop.
From Slate ● Nov. 15, 2025
To assist confused loyalists, the grocer has pasted a small sign by the entryway, adorned with the company logo and, in Whole Foods’s signature deep-green text, a reminder to passersby: “We’re Still Here!”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
“It’s — oh how ridiculous —” She thrust the letter at Harry, who saw that it was not handwritten, but composed from pasted letters that seemed to have been cut out of the Daily Prophet.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
