paste
paste Lexical Profile
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• verb
To insert copied or cut digital text, data, or images into a document or file from a temporary clipboard (in computing).
"You can copy the citation from the database and paste it directly into your bibliography."
To coat with adhesive or fasten something onto a surface using paste or glue.
"They pasted the concert posters onto the community bulletin board."
To beat, strike, or defeat decisively (informal).
"The visiting team pasted the defending champions by twenty points in the opening game."
• noun
A thick, soft, moist substance typically produced by mixing a dry powder with a liquid, or a smooth adhesive mixture used for sticking paper and other light materials together.
"The children used flour and water paste to attach colored paper to their art projects."
A smooth, thick culinary preparation made from finely ground or pureed ingredients, such as tomatoes, nuts, or spices, used as a spread or cooking base.
"She stirred a spoonful of concentrated tomato paste into the simmering broth to enrich the flavor."
A hard, brilliant vitreous composition containing lead glass, used in making imitation gemstones and costume jewelry.
"The antique brooch was set with sparkling paste rather than genuine diamonds."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in Middle English from Old French paste, from Late Latin pasta ('dough, pastry'), ultimately from Ancient Greek pastē ('barley porridge'), making it a linguistic doublet of 'pasta'.