paste /peɪst/noun 9verb 4forms 3phrases 2 noun9 •A soft moist mixture. •One of flour, fat, or similar ingredients used in making pastry. •One of pounded foods, such as fish paste, liver paste, or tomato paste. •One used as an adhesive, especially for putting up wallpapers, etc. •A hard lead-containing glass; an artificial gemstone made from this glass.Yesterday I bought some paste, which is a nickname for fake diamonds, and they were from Bergdorf’s. — 2023 •A substance that behaves as a solid until a sufficiently large load or stress is applied, at which point it flows like a fluid. •The mineral substance in which other minerals are embedded. •(no longer used) Pastry. •(no longer used) Pasta.This is likewise the market for their oil, and the paste called macaroni, of which they make a good quantity. — 1766 verb4 •To stick with paste; to cause to adhere by or as if by paste. •To insert a piece of media (e.g. text, picture, audio, video) previously copied or cut from somewhere else. •(slang) To defeat decisively or by a large margin. •(slang) To strike or beat someone or something.He got up and pasted Byfield in the mouth. — 1943 formspasted · pasting · pastes Phrases with paste paste away atTo beat (someone) over a long time; to continue struggling with a task. paste upTo paste (things) into position, especially in layout and page makeup.
