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Meaning of 'paste' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Paste [ n.]
- A soft composition, as of flour moistened with water or milk, or of earth moistened to the consistence of dough, as in making potter's ware.
- Specifically, in cookery, a dough prepared for the crust of pies and the like; pastry dough.
- A kind of cement made of flour and water, starch and water, or the like, -- used for uniting paper or other substances, as in bookbinding, etc., -- also used in calico printing as a vehicle for mordant or color.
- A highly refractive vitreous composition, variously colored, used in making imitations of precious stones or gems. See Strass.
- A soft confection made of the inspissated juice of fruit, licorice, or the like, with sugar, etc.
- The mineral substance in which other minerals are imbedded.
2 . Paste [ v. t.]
- To unite with paste; to fasten or join by means of paste.

Meaning of 'paste' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . paste [ v]
Meaning (1):
- join or attach with or as if with glue
Example in sentence:
  • cut and paste the sentence in the text;
  • paste the sign on the wall
Meaning (2):
- hit with the fists
Example in sentence:
  • He pasted his opponent
Meaning (3):
- cover the surface of
Example in sentence:
  • paste the wall with burlap

Nearby Words:

pas pasan pasch pascha paschal paseng pash pasha pashalic pashaw

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