paste
IPA: pˈeɪst
noun
- A soft moist mixture, in particular:
- One of flour, fat, or similar ingredients used in making pastry.
- (obsolete) 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.
- (physics) A substance that behaves as a solid until a sufficiently large load or stress is applied, at which point it flows like a fluid
- A hard lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone made from this glass.
- (obsolete) Pasta.
- (mineralogy) The mineral substance in which other minerals are embedded.
verb
- (transitive) To stick with paste; to cause to adhere by or as if by paste.
- (transitive, computing) To insert a piece of media (e.g. text, picture, audio, video) previously copied or cut from somewhere else.
- (transitive, slang) To strike or beat someone or something.
- (transitive, slang) To defeat decisively or by a large margin.
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Examples of "paste" in Sentences
- The topping is kept on the paste and cooking is done until the paste is done.
- The composition of the solder paste varies with purpose the paste is used for.
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