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   paste

   /pāst/

   noun

   • 1. a thick, soft, moist substance typically produced by mixing dry ingredients with a liquid: "blend onions, sugar, and oil to a paste" Similar pureemixturepulpmushpapblendinformal:goo
   • ▪ a paste used as an adhesive, especially for sticking paper and other light materials: "wallpaper paste" Similar adhesivegluegumfixativemucilage
   • ▪ a mixture consisting mainly of clay and water that is used in making ceramic ware, especially a mixture of low plasticity based on kaolin for making porcelain.
   • ▪ a hard vitreous composition used in making imitation gems: "paste brooches"

   verb

   • 1. coat with paste: "when coating walls with fabric, paste the wall, not the fabric"
   • ▪ fasten or stick (something) with paste: "ads are pasted on the walls"
   • ▪ insert (a piece of text or other data copied from elsewhere).
   • 2. beat or defeat severely: informal "he pasted the guy and tied his ankles together"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin pasta ‘medicinal preparation in the shape of a small square’, probably from Greek pastē, (plural) pasta ‘barley porridge’, from pastos ‘sprinkled’.

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   a. : a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls. b. : a confection made by evaporating fruit with sugar or by flavoring a gelatin, starch, or gum arabic preparation. c. : a smooth food product made by evaporation or grinding. tomato paste. almond paste. d.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPASTE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   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.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishPASTE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Paste is a soft, wet, sticky mixture of a substance and a liquid, which can be spread easily. Some types of paste are used to stick things together.

6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › pastePaste - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   Paste is like glue. If you paste something, you stick it onto something else. You might copy and paste info from one document to another on your computer, or literally paste posters all over town. Just don’t use tomato paste. Some foods take the form of a paste, like cake frosting or pâté.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryPASTE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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8. www.thefreedictionary.com › pastePaste - definition of paste by The Free Dictionary

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   fasten or stick: Paste the paper to the wall.; a creamy topping: almond paste; any soft, smooth, and plastic material or preparation; an artificial gem: That’s not a diamond but only paste.

9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishpaste verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

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   Definition of paste verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

10. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishPASTE | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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    PASTE definition: 1. a soft, wet, sticky substance that is used to stick things together: 2. a soft food that…. Learn more.

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    paste meaning, definition, what is paste: to stick something to something else usi...: Learn more.