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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/ ±è±ðɪ²õ³Ù /
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
paste
2/ ±è±ðɪ²õ³Ù /
verb
- slang.tr to hit, esp with the fists; punch or beat soundly
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±è°ù±ð·±è²¹²õ³Ù±ð verb (used with object) prepasted prepasting
- °ù±ð·±è²¹²õ³Ù±ð verb (used with object) repasted repasting
- ²õ±ð³¾î€ƒi·±è²¹²õ³Ù±ð noun
- ³Ü²Ô·±è²¹²õ³Ù±ð verb (used with object) unpasted unpasting
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of paste1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of paste1
Origin of paste2
Example Sentences
Making the traditional dough-like dish fufu, for example, is laborious and involves pounding cooked yams or cassava into a paste with a mortar.
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.
"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."
She could not copy and paste, the highlight function didn’t work most of the time and the software lagged severely.
The Conservatives say the plans have been "copied and pasted from the last government's announcements".
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