Definitions of Paste [ɪst]

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Definition of 'Paste'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) paste
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.

2.  paste
any soft, smooth, plastic material or preparation.

3.  paste
dough, esp. when prepared with shortening.

4.  paste
a semisoft confection of pulverized or puréed fruit or the like:
almond paste.

5.  paste
a preparation of puréed fish, tomatoes, or other food.

6.  paste
a mixture of clay, water, etc., for making pottery or porcelain.

7.  paste
a brilliant, heavy glass used for making artificial gems.

8.  paste
Slang. a hard slap or blow.

9. (v.t.) paste
to fasten or stick with paste or the like (sometimes fol. by up).

10.  paste
to cover with something applied by paste.

11.  paste
Slang. to hit (a person) hard.

Definition of 'Paste'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) paste
any mixture of a soft and malleable consistency

2. (noun) paste
a hard, brilliant lead glass that is used in making artificial jewelry

3. (noun) paste, library paste
an adhesive made from water and flour or starch; used on paper and paperboard

4. (verb) spread, paste
a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes

5. (verb) glue, paste
join or attach with or as if with glue
"paste the sign on the wall"; "cut and paste the sentence in the text"

6. (verb) paste
hit with the fists
"He pasted his opponent"

7. (verb) paste
cover the surface of
"paste the wall with burlap"

Definition of 'Paste'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) paste
thick dry glue
You'll need paper, scissors and paste.

2. paste
a thick food substance for spreading
a butter and walnut paste

3. (verb) paste
to stick together using paste
Paste the pictures to the cardboard.

4. paste
on a computer, to move an item from one place to another
Copy the folder and paste it onto your desktop.

Definition of 'Paste'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Paste
a soft composition, as of flour moistened with water or milk, or of earth moistened to the consistence of dough, as in making potter's ware

2. (noun) Paste
specifically, in cookery, a dough prepared for the crust of pies and the like; pastry dough

3. (noun) Paste
a kind of cement made of flour and water, starch and water, or the like, -- used for uniting paper or other substances, as in bookbinding, etc., -- also used in calico printing as a vehicle for mordant or color

4. (noun) Paste
a highly refractive vitreous composition, variously colored, used in making imitations of precious stones or gems. See Strass

5. (noun) Paste
a soft confection made of the inspissated juice of fruit, licorice, or the like, with sugar, etc

6. (noun) Paste
the mineral substance in which other minerals are imbedded

7. (verb) Paste
to unite with paste; to fasten or join by means of paste

Translation of 'Paste'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a soft, damp mixture, especially one made up of glue and water and used for sticking pieces of paper etc together.
Afrikaans: gom	Arabic: مَعْجون	Bulgarian: паста
Brazilian: pasta	Czech: lepidlo	German: der Kleister
Danish: klister	Greek: αλοιφή, κόλλα	Spanish: engrudo
Estonian: kliister	Farsi: هر چیز خمیر مانند	Finnish: liisteri
French: colle	Hebrew: דֶבֶק	Hindi: लेप
Croatian: lijepilo	Hungarian: csiriz	Indonesian: lem
Icelandic: lím	Italian: colla	Japanese: のり
Korean: 풀	Lithuanian: klijai	Latvian: līme; klīsteris
Malay: pes	Dutch: plakstijfsel	Norwegian: lim, klister
Polish: klej	Persian: هر چیز خمیر مانند	Pashto: خميره، سريښ، كريم
Portuguese: pasta	Romanian: lipici, clei	Russian: клейстер
Slovak: lepidlo	Slovenian: lepilo	Serbian: lepak
Swedish: klister	Thai: แป้งเปียก	Turkish: tutkal
Taiwanese: 漿糊	Ukrainian: клейстер; клей	Urdu: ماڑي، گوند
Vietnamese: hồ bột	Chinese: 浆糊
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