paste

paste ¹  (pst)

n.

1. A soft, smooth, thick mixture or material, as:

a. A smooth viscous mixture, as of flour and water or of starch and water, that is used as an adhesive for joining light materials, such as paper and cloth.

b. The moist clay or clay mixture used in making porcelain or pottery. Also called pâte.

c. A smooth dough of water, flour, and butter or other shortening, used in making pastry.

d. A food that has been pounded until it is reduced to a smooth creamy mass: anchovy paste.

e. A sweet doughy candy or confection: rolled apricot paste.

2.

a. A hard, brilliant, lead-containing glass used in making artificial gems.

b. A gem made of this glass. Also called strass.

v. past·ed, past·ing, pastes

v.tr.

1. To cause to adhere by or as if by applying paste.

2. To cover with something by or as if by pasting: He pasted the wall with burlap. The wall is pasted with splotches.

3. Computer Science To insert (text, graphics, or other data) into a document or file.

v.intr.

Computer Science To insert text, graphics, or other data into a document or file.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin pasta, from Greek, barley-porridge, from neuter pl. of pastos, sprinkled, salted, from passein, to sprinkle; see kwt- in Indo-European roots.]

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paste ²  (pst) Slang

tr.v. past·ed, past·ing, pastes

1. To strike forcefully.

2. To defeat soundly.

n.

A hard blow.

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[Probably alteration of baste.]

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paste

Noun

1. a soft moist mixture, such as toothpaste

2. an adhesive made from water and flour or starch, for use with paper

3. a smooth creamy preparation of fish, meat, or vegetables for spreading on bread: sausage paste

4. Brit & NZ dough for making pastry

5. a hard shiny glass used to make imitation gems

Verb

[pasting, pasted]

1. to attach by paste: she bought a scrapbook and carefully pasted in it all her clippings

2. Slang to beat or defeat (someone) [Greek pastē barley porridge]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	paste - any mixture of a soft and malleable consistency composition - a mixture of ingredients
	2.	paste - a hard, brilliant lead glass that is used in making artificial jewelry lead glass - glass containing lead oxide; has a high refractive index
	3.	paste - an adhesive made from water and flour or starch; used on paper and paperboard library paste adhesive, adhesive agent, adhesive material - a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together wafer - a small adhesive disk of paste; used to seal letters
	4.	paste - a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes spread margarine, marge, oleo, oleomargarine, margarin - a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter condiment - a preparation (a sauce or relish or spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment; "mustard and ketchup are condiments" nut butter - ground nuts blended with a little butter peanut butter - a spread made from ground peanuts marshmallow fluff - a very sweet white spread resembling marshmallow candy onion butter - butter blended with minced onion pimento butter - butter blended with mashed pimento shrimp butter - butter blended with chopped shrimp or seasoned with essence from shrimp shells lobster butter - butter blended with chopped lobster or seasoned with essence from lobster shells cheese spread - spread made of cheese mixed with butter or cream or cream cheese and seasonings anchovy butter - butter blended with mashed anchovies fishpaste - a paste of fish or shellfish garlic butter - butter seasoned with mashed garlic miso - a thick paste made from fermented soybeans and barley or rice malt; used in Japanese cooking to make soups or sauces hommos, hoummos, hummus, humous, humus - a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic; used especially as a dip for pita; originated in the Middle East pate - liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned tapenade - a spread consisting of capers and black olives and anchovies made into a puree with olive oil tahini - a thick Middle Eastern paste made from ground sesame seeds
Verb	1.	paste - join or attach with or as if with glue; "paste the sign on the wall"; "cut and paste the sentence in the text" glue attach - cause to be attached epoxy - glue with epoxy; "epoxy the shards"
	2.	paste - hit with the fists; "He pasted his opponent" beat - hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"
	3.	paste - cover the surface of; "paste the wall with burlap" cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"

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paste

noun 1. adhesive, glue, cement, gum, mucilage

noun 2. purée, pâté, spread

verb 3. stick, fix, glue, cement, gum, fasten

Translations

paste [peɪst] n (gen) → pasta (= glue); engrudo

vt (= stick) → pegar (= glue); engomar;

tomato paste → tomate concentrado

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paste [peɪst] n → pâte f;

(Culin) (= meat); pâté m (à tartiner): (= tomato); purée f, concentré m (= glue); colle f (de pâte) (= jewellery); strass m

vt → coller

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paste [peɪst] n (wet mixture) → Teig m;

(glue) → Kleister m;

(jewellery) → Strass m;

(fish, tomato paste) → Paste f

vt (= stick) → kleben

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paste [peɪst] n (= glue) → colla;

(CULIN) → pâté m inv; pasta

vt → collare;

tomato paste → concentrato di pomodoro

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paste

n paste [peist]

1 a soft, damp mixture, especially one made up of glue and water and used for sticking pieces of paper etc together. gom مَعْجون паста lepidlo klister der Kleister αλοιφή, κόλλα engrudo kliister هر چیز خمیر مانند liima, liisteri colle דֶבֶק लेप lijepilo csiriz lem lím colla のり 풀 klijai līme; klīsteris pes plakstijfsel lim, klister klej pasta lipici, clei клейстер lepidlo lepilo lepak klister แป้งเปียก tutkal 漿糊 клейстер; клей ماڑي، گوند hồ bột 浆糊

2 a mixture of flour, fat etc used for making pies, pastry etc. deeg عَجينَه тесто těsto dej der Teig ζύμη masa tainas خمیر taikina pâte עִיסָה लेई tijesto tészta (massza) adonan (smjör)deig pasta, impasto 菓子の生地 반죽 tešla mīkla doh deeg (pai)deig ciasto massa cocă тесто cesto testo smesa []deg แป้งเคล้าน้ำมันสำหรับทำอาหาร hamur (做點心用的)麵粉油脂等的混合物，面團 тісто گندھا ہوا آٹا bột nhão （做点心用的）面粉油脂等的混合物，面团

3 a mixture made from some types of food almond paste. pasta عَجينة للطَّعام тестени изделия pasta postej; -postej die Paste αλοιφή, πολτός pasta pasta خمیر massa pâte עִיסָה, מִמרָח मीठी लपसी pašteta krém pasta mauk pasta 練り物 반죽해서 만든 식품 pasta, paštetas pastēte; pastila pes pas masse pasta pasta pastă паста pasta krema smesa massa, pasta ส่วนผสมอาหารสำเร็จรูป ezme 糊狀食品 паштет کئي قسم کے کھانوں کا مرکب patê 糊状食品