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paste

[peyst]

noun

  1. a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.

  2. any soft, smooth, and plastic material or preparation.

  3. dough, especially when prepared with shortening, as for making pie crust and other pastry.

    puff paste.

  4. any of various semisoft fruit confections of pliable consistency.

    almond paste; guava paste.

  5. a preparation of fish, tomatoes, or other food reduced to a smooth, soft mass, as for a relish or for seasoning.

  6. pasta.

  7. a mixture of clay, water, etc., for making pottery or porcelain.

  8. Jewelry.Ģż

    1. a brilliant, heavy glass, as strass, used for making artificial gems.

    2. an artificial gem of this material.

  9. Slang.Ģża hard smack, blow, or punch, especially on the face.



verb (used with object)

pasted, pasting 
  1. to fasten or stick with paste or the like.

  2. to cover with something applied by means of paste.

  3. Slang.Ģżto hit (a person) hard, especially on the face.

  4. Computers.Ģżto insert (copied text, images, etc.) into a file.

verb (used without object)

  1. Computers.Ģżto insert copied text, images, etc., into a file.

paste

1

/ ±č±šÉŖ²õ³Ł /

noun

  1. a mixture or material of a soft or malleable consistency, such as toothpaste

  2. an adhesive made from water and flour or starch, used esp for joining pieces of paper

  3. a preparation of food, such as meat, that has been powdered to a creamy mass, for spreading on bread, crackers, etc

  4. any of various sweet doughy confections

    almond paste

  5. dough, esp when prepared with shortening, as for making pastry

    1. Also called: strass.Ģża hard shiny glass used for making imitation gems

    2. an imitation gem made of this glass

  6. the combined ingredients of porcelain See also hard paste soft paste

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verb

  1. to attach by or as if by using paste

    he pasted posters onto the wall

  2. (usually foll by with) to cover (a surface) with paper, usually attached with an adhesive

    he pasted the wall with posters

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

paste

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/ ±č±šÉŖ²õ³Ł /

verb

  1. slangĢż(tr) to hit, esp with the fists; punch or beat soundly

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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • prepaste verb (used with object)
  • repaste verb (used with object)
  • semipaste noun
  • unpaste verb (used with object)
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of paste1

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Late Latin pasta dough < Greek ±č²¹²õ³ŁĆ” barley porridge, noun use of neuter plural of ±č²¹²õ³ŁĆ³²õ, verbid of ±čĆ”²õ²õ±š¾±²Ō to strew, sprinkle; a pasta was originally a kind of gruel sprinkled with salt; paste ( defs. 9, 12 ) probably by association with baste 3
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of paste1

C14: via Old French from Late Latin pasta dough, from Greek ±č²¹²õ³ŁÅ§ barley porridge, from pastos, from passein to sprinkle

Origin of paste2

C19: variant of baste ³
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Example Sentences

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Capers, olives, a swirl of miso paste, an anchovy or two mashed into the olive oil.

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Lying on Davis’ table half-naked, Preciado said he feels relaxed and free to be himself as Davis paints an enzymatic paste on his scars.

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Some are nicknamed jumping genes because they literally jump around, copying and pasting themselves into different parts of our genome just as if they were still viral invaders.

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"Let's just take the sanitary pad out and paste it on the sick note," another Weibo said.

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There is hope in senior circles that the review, together with big infrastructure plans, can be used to create a summer of good news, after many months of taking a pasting.

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