paste

Definitions

1. A soft moist mixture, in particular:
   countable, uncountable
2. One of flour, fat, or similar ingredients used in making pastry.
   countable, uncountable
3. Pastry.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
4. Computers To insert text, graphics, or other data into a document or file.
   Computers
5. One of pounded foods, such as fish paste, liver paste, or tomato paste.
   countable, uncountable
6. A hard blow.
7. One used as an adhesive, especially for putting up wallpapers, etc.
   countable, uncountable
8. Slang. To deliver a powerful blow to suddenly and sharply:bash, catch, clout, hit, knock, pop, slam, slog, slug, smash, smite, sock, strike, swat, thwack, whack, wham, whop.
9. A substance that behaves as a solid until a sufficiently large load or stress is applied, at which point it flows like a fluid
   countable, uncountable
10. Slang. A sudden sharp, powerful stroke:bang, blow, clout, crack, hit, lick, pound, slug, sock, swat, thwack, welt, whack, wham, whop.
11. A hard lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone made from this glass.
    countable, uncountable
12. 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.
13. Pasta.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
14. A hard, brilliant, lead-containing glass used in making artificial gems.
15. The mineral substance in which other minerals are embedded.
    countable, uncountable
16. To cause to adhere by applying paste.
17. To cover with something by using paste: He pasted the wall with burlap.
18. Computers To insert (text, graphics, or other data) into a document or file.
    Computers
19. To strike forcefully.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“Near-synonyms: glue, adhesive”

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

“This is likewise the market for their oil, and the paste called macaroni, of which they make⟳ a good quantity.”

“Vermicelli for soups, is paste from Italy; so called because it looks like⟳ worms. My macaroni, paste from Italy—My salop, a root ground to powder—the root of one kind of orchis.”

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