paste

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /peɪst/

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Noun

Singular paste

Plural pastes

1. (uncountable) Paste is a thick liquid for sticking (attaching) things together. Paste is like glue, but glue is more liquid and paste is more solid.

   He mixed flour and water to make a paste for sticking the paper together.

2. Any very thick liquid, almost solid.

   Tomato paste is good in sauce to put on rice or spaghetti.

Verb

Plain form paste

Third-person singular pastes

Past tense pasted

Past participle pasted

Present participle pasting

1. If you paste something in a computer program, you cut or copy it from one place and put a copy of it somewhere else.
2. To stick things together using paste.

   She pasted the pictures onto the wall.