paste

Meanings

Plural: pastes

Noun

• any mixture of a soft and malleable consistency
• a hard, brilliant lead glass that is used in making artificial jewelry
• an adhesive made from water and flour or starch; used on paper and paperboard
• a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes
• A soft moist mixture, in particular:
• One of flour, fat, or similar ingredients used in making pastry.
• A soft moist mixture, in particular:
• Pastry.
• A soft moist mixture, in particular:
• One of pounded foods, such as fish paste, liver paste, or tomato paste.
• A soft moist mixture, in particular:
• One used as an adhesive, especially for putting up wallpapers, etc.
• A substance that behaves as a solid until a sufficiently large load or stress is applied, at which point it flows like a fluid
• A hard lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone made from this glass.
• Pasta.
• The mineral substance in which other minerals are embedded.
• plural of pasta

Verb

• join or attach with or as if with glue
  • "paste the sign on the wall"
  • "cut and paste the sentence in the text"
• hit with the fists
  • "He pasted his opponent"
• cover the surface of
  • "paste the wall with burlap"
• To stick with paste; to cause to adhere by or as if by paste.
• To insert a piece of media (e.g. text, picture, audio, video) previously copied or cut from somewhere else.
• To strike or beat someone or something.
• To defeat decisively or by a large margin.

Synonyms

glue, library paste, spread

Related Words

pate, patty, pâté