Associations to the word «Paste»

Wiktionary

PASTE, noun. A soft mixture, in particular:
PASTE, noun. One of flour, fat, or similar ingredients used in making pastry.
PASTE, noun. One of pounded foods, such as fish paste, liver paste, or tomato paste.
PASTE, noun. One used as an adhesive, especially for putting up wallpapers, etc.
PASTE, noun. (physics) A substance that behaves as a solid until a sufficiently large load or stress is applied, at which point it flows like a fluid
PASTE, noun. A hard lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone made from this glass.
PASTE, noun. (obsolete) Pasta.
PASTE, noun. (mineralogy) The mineral substance in which other minerals are embedded.
PASTE, verb. (transitive) To stick with paste; to cause to adhere by or as if by paste.
PASTE, verb. (intransitive) (computing) To insert a piece of media (e.g. text, picture, audio, video, movie container etc.) previously copied or cut from somewhere else.
PASTE, verb. (transitive) (informal) To strike or beat someone or something.
PASTE, verb. (transitive) (informal) To defeat decisively or by a large margin.
PASTE BOMB, noun. Any snippet of irrelevant text or data which is pasted into an online conversation to disrupt it.
PASTE EGG, noun. Alternative form of pace egg

Dictionary definition

PASTE, noun. Any mixture of a soft and malleable consistency.
PASTE, noun. A hard, brilliant lead glass that is used in making artificial jewelry.
PASTE, noun. An adhesive made from water and flour or starch; used on paper and paperboard.
PASTE, noun. A tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes.
PASTE, verb. Join or attach with or as if with glue; "paste the sign on the wall"; "cut and paste the sentence in the text".
PASTE, verb. Hit with the fists; "He pasted his opponent".
PASTE, verb. Cover the surface of; "paste the wall with burlap".

Wise words

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