paste

Meaning

Noun

1. A soft moist mixture, in particular:
2. (obsolete) A soft moist mixture, in particular:
3. A soft moist mixture, in particular:
4. A soft moist mixture, in particular:
5. A substance that behaves as a solid until a sufficiently large load or stress is applied, at which point it flows like a fluid
6. A hard lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone made from this glass.
7. (obsolete) Pasta.
8. The mineral substance in which other minerals are embedded.

Verb

1. To stick with paste; to cause to adhere by or as if by paste.
2. To insert a piece of media (e.g. text, picture, audio, video) previously copied or cut from somewhere else.
3. (slang) To strike or beat someone or something.
4. (slang) To defeat decisively or by a large margin.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/peɪst/

Etymology

Etymology tree
Middle English paste
English paste
From Middle English paste, from Old French paste (modern pâte), from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá). Doublet of pasta.

Sentences

The walls were covered with a thick paste .