paste

Pluralpastes

Formspastes, pasting, pasted

1. 1
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A soft, slightly wet mixture made of two or more things.

   Mix the powder with a little water to make a thick paste.

   The nurse put a cool paste on her sunburn.

   Similarmush, sludge

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2. 2
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A soft, wet kind of glue, used especially to put up wallpaper.

   She spread paste on the back of the wallpaper.

   We used paste to stick our paper stars onto the window.

   Similarglue, adhesive

3. 3
   verbtransitive

   To put text, pictures or other things you copied or cut before into a new place.

   Copy the address and paste it into the email.

   I pasted a photo of my dog into the chat.

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4. 4
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A soft food made by crushing something like fish, liver or tomatoes.

   Add a spoon of tomato paste to make the soup thicker.

   She crushed the beans into a smooth paste and spread it on bread.

5. 5
   verbtransitive

   To stick something onto something else with paste, or as if with paste.

   The children pasted pictures of animals into their notebooks.

   Paste the label on the front of the jar.

   Similarstick, glue, plaster

6. 6
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A soft mix of flour, fat and other things, used to make pastry.

   Mix the flour and butter with cold water to make a stiff paste.

   This paste has flour, butter and a little sugar in it.

   Similardough

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7. 7
   verbslangtransitive

   To beat someone clearly or by a lot.

   The other team pasted us 42 to 7 last night.

   If our best players come back, we'll paste them next week.

   Similarthrash, trounce, crush, hammer, clobber

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8. 8
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A hard kind of glass with lead in it, or a fake jewel made from it.

   Her necklace looks like diamonds, but the stones are only paste.

   The thief was angry to learn that the ring was set with paste.

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9. 9
   verbslangtransitive

   To hit or beat someone or something.

   My brother got mad and pasted his friend on the arm.

   Swing hard and paste the ball over the fence!

   Similarhit, smack, whack, punch, belt

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