paste

The definition of a paste is a soft, moist substance that can be food, dough or an adhering substance.

(noun)

  1. An example of paste are almonds pounded until they are a creamy mixture.
  2. An example of paste is glue.

Paste is defined as to cover or fasten together.

(verb)

An example of paste is to glue construction paper to a paper plate.

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See paste in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

    1. dough used in making rich pastry
    2. pasta
  1. any of various soft, moist, smooth-textured substances: toothpaste
  2. a foodstuff, pounded or ground until fine and made creamy, soft, etc.: almond paste
  3. a jellylike candy
  4. a mixture of flour or starch, water, and occasionally alum, resin, etc., used as an adhesive for paper or other light materials
  5. the moistened clay used in manufacturing pottery and porcelain
    1. a hard, brilliant glass containing oxide of lead, used in making artificial gems; strass
    2. such a gem or gems
  6. Slang a blow, or punch, as with the fist

Origin: ME past < OFr paste < LL pasta < Gr pastē, mess of barley porridge < passein, to sprinkle

transitive verb pasted, pasting

  1. to fasten or make adhere with paste
  2. to cover with pasted material: to paste a wall with posters
  3. Slang to hit; punch

See paste in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A soft, smooth, thick mixture or material, as:
    a. A smooth viscous mixture, as of flour and water or of starch and water, that is used as an adhesive for joining light materials, such as paper and cloth.
    b. The moist clay or clay mixture used in making porcelain or pottery. Also called pâte.
    c. A smooth dough of water, flour, and butter or other shortening, used in making pastry.
    d. A food that has been pounded until it is reduced to a smooth creamy mass: anchovy paste.
    e. A sweet doughy candy or confection: rolled apricot paste.
  2. a. A hard, brilliant, lead-containing glass used in making artificial gems.
    b. A gem made of this glass. Also called strass.
verb past·ed, past·ing, pastes
verb, transitive
  1. To cause to adhere by or as if by applying paste.
  2. To cover with something by or as if by pasting: He pasted the wall with burlap. The wall is pasted with splotches.
  3. Computer Science To insert (text, graphics, or other data) into a document or file.
verb, intransitive
Computer Science To insert text, graphics, or other data into a document or file.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Late Latin pasta

Origin: , from Greek, barley-porridge

Origin: , from neuter pl. of pastos, sprinkled, salted

Origin: , from passein, to sprinkle; see kwēt- in Indo-European roots

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transitive verb past·ed, past·ing, pastes
  1. To strike forcefully.
  2. To defeat soundly.
noun
A hard blow.

Origin:

Origin: Probably alteration of baste3

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