a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
any soft, smooth, and plastic material or preparation.
dough, especially when prepared with shortening, as for making pie crust and other pastry: puff paste.
any of various semisoft fruit confections of pliable consistency: almond paste; guava paste.
a preparation of fish, tomatoes, or other food reduced to a smooth, soft mass, as for a relish or for seasoning.
pasta.
a mixture of clay, water, etc., for making pottery or porcelain.
Jewelry.
a brilliant, heavy glass, as strass, used for making artificial gems.
an artificial gem of this material.
Slang. a hard smack, blow, or punch, especially on the face.
verb (used with object),past·ed,past·ing.
to fasten or stick with paste or the like.
to cover with something applied by means of paste.
Slang. to hit (a person) hard, especially on the face.
Computers. to insert (copied text, images, etc.) into a file.Compare copy (def. 15), cut (def. 25).
verb (used without object)
Computers. to insert copied text, images, etc., into a file.Compare cut (def. 42).
Origin of paste
1350–1400; Middle English <Middle French <Late Latin pasta dough <Greek pastá barley porridge, noun use of neuter plural of pastós, verbid of pássein to strew, sprinkle; a pasta was originally a kind of gruel sprinkled with salt; (defs. 9, 12) probably by association with baste3
OTHER WORDS FROM paste
pre·paste,verb (used with object),pre·past·ed,pre·past·ing.re·paste,verb (used with object),re·past·ed,re·past·ing.sem·i·paste,nounun·paste,verb (used with object),un·past·ed,un·past·ing.
Developed by Gelesis, a biotech company that makes treatments for gastro-intestinal disorders, Plentiy is a weight loss treatment that uses citric acid and cellulose to create a non-toxic paste that makes people feel more full after they ingest it.
Ro makes the weight loss product Plenity commercially available to everyone in the U.S.|Jonathan Shieber|October 1, 2020|TechCrunch
In addition to using it in recipes from Terri-Ann and other Caribbean and Caribbean-American YouTubers and food bloggers, I add the paste to fried rice, to tofu, to — you get it.
Until I Can Go Back to My Favorite Restaurant, This Jerk Paste Is the Next Best Thing|Elazar Sontag|September 25, 2020|Eater
Walkerswood Jamaican jerk seasoning has quickly become a kitchen stapleI smear the dark brown paste on everything.
Until I Can Go Back to My Favorite Restaurant, This Jerk Paste Is the Next Best Thing|Elazar Sontag|September 25, 2020|Eater
Stir in 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons oil to form a thick paste.
Turn a cheap chicken dinner into a Turkish street-food getaway|SAVEUR Editors|September 25, 2020|Popular Science
The fluids and pastes inside that help create the current can catch on fire — with very dangerous results.
Let’s learn about batteries|Bethany Brookshire|August 14, 2020|Science News For Students
Labels will give you artist bios—with a quick copy and paste, you could provide that info to us, too!
25 Things I Want from an Online Music Service (and Almost Never Get)|Ted Gioia|June 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Headache—Take the rinds of a couple of lemons and squash it into a paste.
Use These 15 Home Remedies Based On Ayurveda To Cure Menstrual Cramps, Hangovers, and Indigestion|Ari Meisel|January 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I paste my walls with maps, drawings, lines of poetry, and sketch out a vague structure.
Ma Jian: How I Write|Noah Charney|June 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The regime does not paste over the clean windows of the upper class.
Gay Syrian Blogger a Hoax?|Asne Seierstad|June 6, 2011|DAILY BEAST
You should get a texture between a paste and a sauce (not too watery).
An Israeli Independence Day Menu|Naama Shefi|May 10, 2011|DAILY BEAST
They are friable in the hand, meagre to the touch, and difficultly form a paste with water.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
Proceed as directed for puff-paste, only the butter need not be washed, nor the paste placed upon the ice.
The National Cook Book, 9th ed.|Hannah Mary Peterson
Beat it well, and knead it quite smooth; roll the paste very thin, and cut it into biscuits.
The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches,|Mary Eaton
The paste is a light red and the surface has received 314 a coat of bright red color.
Pottery of the ancient Pueblos. (1886 N 04 / 1882-1883 (pages 257-360))|William Henry Holmes
It is made into a paste with a little water, spirit of wine, or gin, before applying it.