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paste / pāst/ • n. a thick, soft, moist substance, usually produced by mixing dry ingredients with a liquid: blend onions, sugar, and oil to a paste. ∎ a substance such as this that is used as an adhesive, esp. for sticking paper and other light materials: wallpaper paste. ∎ a mixture consisting mainly of clay and water that is used in making ceramic ware, esp. a mixture of low plasticity based on kaolin for making porcelain. ∎ a hard vitreous composition used in making imitation gems: [as adj.] paste brooches. • v. [tr.] 1. coat with paste: when coating walls with fabric, paste the wall, not the fabric. ∎ [tr.] fasten or stick (something) onto something with paste: ads are pasted on the walls. ∎ Comput. insert (text) into a document. 2. inf. beat or defeat severely: he pasted the guy and tied his ankles together. |
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"paste." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "paste." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-paste.html "paste." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-paste.html |
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paste flour moistened and kneaded XIV; mixture of flour and water used as a glue XVI; applied to various other mixtures XVII. — OF. paste (mod. pâte) = Sp., It. pasta :- late L. pasta small square piece of a medicinal preparation — Gr. pástē, pl. pastá, pastaí barley porridge, sb. uses of pastós sprinkled, f. pássein sprinkle.
Hence paste vb. XVI. pasteboard material made by pasting sheets of paper together XVI. pasty1 (-Y1) like paste. XVII. |
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T. F. HOAD. "paste." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "paste." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-paste.html T. F. HOAD. "paste." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-paste.html |
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JOHN DAINTITH. "paste." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN DAINTITH. "paste." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-paste.html JOHN DAINTITH. "paste." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-paste.html |
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paste •barefaced, baste, boldfaced, chaste, haste, lambaste, paste, po-faced, red-faced, self-faced, shamefaced, smooth-faced, strait-laced, taste, unplaced, untraced, waist, waste
•toothpaste • foretaste • aftertaste
•shirtwaist
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"paste." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "paste." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-paste.html "paste." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-paste.html |
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