paste
paste /p'eɪst/ (pastes pasting pasted)
1 [N-MASS]
Paste is a soft, wet, sticky mixture of a substance and a liquid, which can be spread easily. Some types of paste are used to stick things together.
Blend a little milk with the custard powder to form a paste.
...wallpaper paste.
2 [N-MASS]
Paste is a soft smooth mixture made of crushed meat, fruit, or vegetables. You can, for example, spread it onto bread or use it in cooking.
...tomato paste.
...fish paste sandwiches.
3 [VERB] V n prep, V n with adv
If you paste something on a surface, you put glue or paste on it and stick it on the surface.
...pasting labels on bottles...
Activists pasted up posters criticizing the leftist leaders.
4 [N-UNCOUNT] oft N n
Paste is a hard shiny glass that is used for making imitation jewellery.
...paste emeralds.
5
see also pasting
1 [N-MASS]
Paste is a soft, wet, sticky mixture of a substance and a liquid, which can be spread easily. Some types of paste are used to stick things together.
Blend a little milk with the custard powder to form a paste.
...wallpaper paste.
2 [N-MASS]
Paste is a soft smooth mixture made of crushed meat, fruit, or vegetables. You can, for example, spread it onto bread or use it in cooking.
...tomato paste.
...fish paste sandwiches.
3 [VERB] V n prep, V n with adv
If you paste something on a surface, you put glue or paste on it and stick it on the surface.
...pasting labels on bottles...
Activists pasted up posters criticizing the leftist leaders.
4 [N-UNCOUNT] oft N n
Paste is a hard shiny glass that is used for making imitation jewellery.
...paste emeralds.
5
see also pasting