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   Paste

   /pāst/

   

   noun

   • 1. a thick, soft, moist substance typically produced by mixing dry ingredients with a liquid: "blend onions, sugar, and oil to a paste" Similar pureemixturepulpmushpapblendinformal:goo
   • ▪ a paste used as an adhesive, especially for sticking paper and other light materials: "wallpaper paste" Similar adhesivegluegumfixativemucilage
   • ▪ a mixture consisting mainly of clay and water that is used in making ceramic ware, especially a mixture of low plasticity based on kaolin for making porcelain.
   • ▪ a hard vitreous composition used in making imitation gems: "paste brooches"

   verb

   • 1. coat with paste: "when coating walls with fabric, paste the wall, not the fabric"
   • ▪ fasten or stick (something) with paste: "ads are pasted on the walls"
   • ▪ insert (a piece of text or other data copied from elsewhere).
   • 2. beat or defeat severely: informal "he pasted the guy and tied his ankles together"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin pasta ‘medicinal preparation in the shape of a small square’, probably from Greek pastē, (plural) pasta ‘barley porridge’, from pastos ‘sprinkled’.

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