Ancient Greek πάσσω ( pássō ) English paste
FromMiddle English paste Old French paste pâte Late Latin pasta Ancient Greek παστά ( pastá ) .Doublet ofpasta [ 1] Middle English pasten ( “ to make a paste of; bake in a pastry ” ) ,[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] Latin pistō Medieval Latin pastillātus [ 3]
paste (countable anduncountable plural pastes
Asoft moist mixture , in particular:One offlour ,fat , or similaringredients used in makingpastry . ( obsolete ) Pastry .1860 Captain Murderer :And that day month, he had thepaste rolled out, and cut the fair twin's head off, and chopped her in pieces, and peppered her, and salted her, and put her in the pie, and sent it to the baker's, and ate it all, and picked the bones.
One ofpounded foods, such as fish paste, liver paste, or tomato paste. One used as anadhesive , especially for putting up wallpapers, etc.Hyponym: wheat paste Coordinate term: cement Near-synonyms: glue adhesive ( physics ) solid until a sufficiently large load or stress is applied, at which point it flows like afluid A hardlead -containing glass , or an artificialgemstone made from this glass.2023 March 10, Alex Vadukul, quotingNan Goldin , “Nan Goldin Is Ready for Oscar Night”, inThe New York Times [1] →ISSN Yesterday I bought somepaste , which is a nickname for fake diamonds, and they were from Bergdorf’s.
( obsolete ) Pasta .1766 Travels through France and Italy: Containing observations on character, customs, religion, government, police, commerce, arts, and antiquities. With a particular description of the town, territory, and climate of Nice. To which is added, A register of the weather, kept during a residence of eighteen months in that city, Volume 2 [2] 35 :This is likewise the market for their oil, and thepaste calledmacaroni , of which they make a good quantity.
1792 The childrens'[sic companion: or, entertaining instructor for the youth of both sexes; designed, to excite attention and inculcate virtue. Selected from the works of Berquin, Genlis, Day, and others [3] page75 :Vermicelli for soups, ispaste fromItaly ; so called because it looks likeworms . My macaroni,paste fromItaly —My salop, a root ground to powder—the root of one kind of orchis.
( mineralogy ) mineral substance in which other minerals areembedded .soft mixture used in making pastry
soft mixture of pounded foods
lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone thereof
mineral substance in which other minerals are embedded
paste (third-person singular simple present pastes present participle pasting simple past and past participle pasted
( transitive ) stick with paste; to cause toadhere by or as if by paste.( transitive , computing ) insert a piece ofmedia text ,picture ,audio ,video ) previouslycopied orcut from somewhere else.to cause to stick, adhere
to insert a piece of media
Probably an alteration ofbaste ( “ beat ” ) influenced by some sense ofthe noun .[ 4]
paste (third-person singular simple present pastes present participle pasting simple past and past participle pasted
( transitive , slang ) strike orbeat someone or something.( transitive , slang ) Unadapted borrowing fromItalian paste ( “ pastas ” ) .
paste
( rare ) plural ofpasta ↑1.0 1.1 Douglas Harper (2001–2025 ) “paste (v.1.) ”, inOnline Etymology Dictionary ^ “paste,v. ”, inOED Online Oxford University Press , launched 2000. ↑3.0 3.1 “pā̆sten,v. ”, inMED Online University of Michigan ,2007 ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025 ) “paste (v.2.) ”, inOnline Etymology Dictionary septa- tapes septa aspet pâtés sepat tepas Pesta spate speat patés stape pates peats paste
second-person plural imperative ofpást IPA (key ) : /ˈpɑs.tə/ Hyphenation:pas‧te paste f plural pastes
Obsolete spelling ofpasta ( “ paste ” ) See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
paste
inflection ofpassen singular past indicative ( dated or formal ) singular past subjunctive paste f pl
plural ofpasta pāste
vocative masculine singular ofpāstus ( “ fed, nourished; having eaten, consumed; grazed, pastured; satisfied, gratified ” ) FromOld French paste Late Latin pasta Ancient Greek παστά ( pastá ) .
paste plural pastes
dough for the making ofbread orpastry food ; ameal a dough or paste used as asealant , anadhesive , or acasing in which to cookmedicinal substances “paste,n.. ”, inMED Online University of Michigan ,2007
FromLate Latin pasta Ancient Greek παστά ( pastá ) .
paste oblique singular , m oblique plural pastes nominative singular pastes nominative plural paste
dough ;paste pastry paste
inflection ofpastar first / third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative paste from Mexico CityIPA (key ) : /ˈpaste/ [ˈpas.t̪e] Rhymes:-aste Syllabification:pas‧te (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
paste m plural pastes
( Mexico ) pasty ,pastie (a type of pie or turnover)loofah ( plant in genusLuffa ) See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
paste
inflection ofpastar first / third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative 
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