1. Any mixture of a soft and malleable consistency
   "The chef prepared a paste of garlic and herbs for the marinade"
    
2. An adhesive made from water and flour or starch; used on paper and paperboard
   "Children often use library paste for school craft projects";
   - library paste
    
3. A tasty mixture to be spread on bread, crackers or used in preparing other dishes
   "She made a delicious olive paste for the appetizers";
   - spread
    
4. A hard, brilliant lead glass that is used in making artificial jewellery
   "The costume jewellery was made with paste gems that sparkled like real diamonds"

1. Join or attach with or as if with glue
   "cut and paste the sentence in the text"; "paste the sign on the wall";
   - glue
    
2. Cover the surface of
   "paste the wall with burlap"
    
3. [informal] Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
   "We pasted the other team on Sunday!";
   - cream [informal], clobber [informal], drub [informal], thrash [informal], lick [informal], blow away [informal], muller [Brit, informal], marmelize [Brit, informal], marmelise [Brit, informal], trounce, whale [N. Amer, informal], hammer [informal], wipe the floor [informal], marmalise [Brit, informal], beat hollow [informal], slaughter [informal], marmalize [Brit, informal], smoke [N. Amer, informal], shellack [N. Amer, informal], shellac [N. Amer, informal]
    
4. (computing) insert text or other object into a document (e.g. from the clipboard)
   "He copied the address and pasted it into the email"
    
5. Hit with the fists
   "He pasted his opponent"

Sounds like: passed, paste

Derived forms: pasting, pastes, pasted

Type of: adhesive, adhesive agent, adhesive material, attach, beat, beat out, composition, condiment, cover, crush, lead glass, shell [US], trounce, vanquish

Encyclopedia: Paste