Adjective: pasty (pastier,pastiest) pas-tee
- Resembling paste in colour; pallid
"he looked pasty and red-eyed";
- pastelike
- Having a soft thick consistency that tends to adhere to surfaces
"The glue was pasty and difficult to spread";
- gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, sticky, viscid, viscous
- Small meat pie or turnover
"Cornish pasties are a traditional miners' lunch";
- pastie
- (usually used in the plural) one of a pair of adhesive patches worn to cover the nipples of exotic dancers and striptease performers
"The burlesque performer applied her pasties before going on stage";
- pastie
Derived forms: pastier, pastiest, pasties
See also: adhesive, colorless [US], colourless [Brit, Cdn]
Encyclopedia: Pasty