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paste noun 1 a stiff moist mixture made from a powder and water, and traditionally made from flour and water, used as an adhesive • wallpaper paste. 2 a spread for sandwiches, etc made from ground meat or fish, etc • salmon paste. 3 any fine, often sweet, dough-like mixture • almond paste. 4 a hard brilliant glass used in making imitation gems. verb (pasted, pasting) 1 to stick something with paste. 2 (also paste something up) printing to mount (text, illustrations, etc) on a backing as a proof for printing from or photographing, etc. See also paste-up. 3 wordprocessing to insert text, etc which has been copied or cut from another part of the document, etc. 4 colloq to thrash or beat soundly.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: French, from Latin pasta paste or dough.
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