paste

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/peɪst/

noun 5verb 4

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

firm, stiff, thick | lumpy, smooth | wallpaper | curry, fish, tomato, etc.

VERB + PASTE

make (up), mix (up), mix sth into/to

I mixed the flour and water into a thick paste for the wallpaper.

form

When you combine the cement with water, it will form a smooth paste for tiling.

apply, put on

She put some toothpaste on her brush before cleaning her teeth this morning.

Definitions

noun

A soft moist mixture, in particular:

And that day month, he had the paste rolled out, and cut the fair twin's head off, and chopped her in pieces, and peppered her, and salted her, and put her in the pie, and sent it to the baker's, and ate it all, and picked the bones.

A soft moist mixture, in particular:

Near-synonyms: glue, adhesive

A substance that behaves as a solid until a sufficiently large load or stress is applied, at which point it flows like a fluid

verb

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.

verb

To strike or beat someone or something.

He got up and pasted Byfield in the mouth.

To defeat decisively or by a large margin.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in

spread

verb — join or attach with or as if with glue

glue

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

paste up

To paste (things) into position, especially in layout and page makeup.

About all you need to do is paste up the finished art for the printer.

Example Bank

And that day month, he had the paste rolled out, and cut the fair twin's head off, and chopped her in pieces, and peppered her, and salted her, and put her in the pie, and sent it to the baker's, and

Wiktionary

Near-synonyms: glue, adhesive

Wiktionary

Yesterday I bought some paste, which is a nickname for fake diamonds, and they were from Bergdorf’s.

Wiktionary

He got up and pasted Byfield in the mouth.

Wiktionary

I stuck two sheets of paper together with paste.

Tatoeba · #255356

Add water and stir to a paste.

Tatoeba · #270857

Usage Notes

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In some senses, paste is marked as obsolete, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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