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paste

[ peyst ]

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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.
pasta.
a mixture of clay, water, etc., for making pottery or porcelain.
Jewelry.
1. a brilliant, heavy glass, as strass, used for making artificial gems.
2. an artificial gem of this material.
Slang. a hard smack, blow, or punch, especially on the face.

verb (used with object)

pasted, pasting.

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

/ 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
1. Also calledstrass a hard shiny glass used for making imitation gems
2. 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

paste

/ peɪst /

verb

slang.
tr to hit, esp with the fists; punch or beat soundly

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Other Words From

pre·paste verb (used with object) prepasted prepasting
re·paste verb (used with object) repasted repasting
semi·paste noun
un·paste verb (used with object) unpasted unpasting

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Word History and Origins

Origin of paste¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Late Latin pasta dough < Greek pastá barley porridge, noun use of neuter plural of pastós, verbid of pássein 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of paste¹

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

Origin of paste²

C19: variant of baste ³

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Example Sentences

In a frantic search through my kitchen and cupboards, I find several cans of Trader Joe’s tomato paste, and some cherry tomatoes are sitting on my counter.

From Salon

"So he had unique cut and pasted scripts that had no information from the writer about anything, because he wanted to make those choices, not the writer."

From BBC

She could not copy and paste, the highlight function didn’t work most of the time and the software lagged severely.

From Los Angeles Times

The Conservatives say the plans have been "copied and pasted from the last government's announcements".

From BBC

Varying methods of stirring "fungee", a cornmeal paste which also hails from the mother continent, and precisely what to add to it is another subject of friendly bickering.

From BBC

past continuous pasteboard

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