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paste
[ peyst ]
noun
- 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.
verb (used with object)
- 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 ).
verb (used without object)
- Computers. to insert copied text, images, etc., into a file. Compare cut ( def 42 ).
paste
1/ peɪst /
verb
- slang.tr to hit, esp with the fists; punch or beat soundly
paste
2/ peɪst /
noun
- 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 calledstrass 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
verb
- often foll byon 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
Other Words From
- pre·paste verb (used with object) prepasted prepasting
- re·paste verb (used with object) repasted repasting
- semi·paste noun
- un·paste verb (used with object) unpasted unpasting
Word History and Origins
Origin of paste1
Word History and Origins
Origin of paste1
Origin of paste2
Example Sentences
I ate the staple corn paste sadza every day and tasted fried mopane worms.
The road salt makes a mushy, corrosive paste that is flung universally about the under-and over-sides of every vehicle.
Labels will give you artist bios—with a quick copy and paste, you could provide that info to us, too!
Even when plausible deniability crumbles, the brainwashed paste it back together again.
Headache—Take the rinds of a couple of lemons and squash it into a paste.
The boy took a piece of wood and covered it with a paste made of ashes and oil.
Starch is insoluble in cold water, but by boiling, it dissolves, forming a thick paste.
It is to genuine politeness and good breeding, what the showy paste is to the pure diamond.
When this paste is laid over the skin, particularly where there are freckles, it makes it smooth and soft.
After pasting, it is a good plan to lay clean paper between the leaves until the paste is dry.
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