Paste Definition
pāst
pasted, pastes, pasting
noun
pastes
Dough used in making rich pastry.
Webster's New World
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Any of various soft, moist, smooth-textured substances.
Toothpaste.
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A foodstuff, pounded or ground until fine and made creamy, soft, etc.
Almond paste.
Webster's New World
A jellylike candy.
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verb
pasted, pastes, pasting
To strike forcefully.
American Heritage
To fasten or make adhere with paste.
Webster's New World
To defeat soundly.
American Heritage
To cover with pasted material.
To paste a wall with posters.
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To insert or place (a portion of text, a file, etc. being stored on a computer's clipboard) within another portion of text, a file, etc.
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Origin of Paste
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Middle English from Old French from Late Latin pasta from Greek barley-porridge from neuter pl. of pastos sprinkled, salted from passein to sprinkle kwēt- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle French (modern pâte), from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek.
From Wiktionary
Probably alteration of baste
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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