26984 words

paste

9 definitions • 11 examples
1
a thick soft sticky substance made by mixing a liquid with a powder, especially to make a type of glue:

Examples:

flour-and-water paste
wallpaper paste
2
a thick soft substance made by crushing and mixing things such as fish, fruit, or vegetables for food:

Examples:

tomato/anchovy/curry paste
3
a hard type of glass used to make artificial jewels:

Examples:

Are these real diamonds or paste?
4
to stick something to something, especially with paste:

Examples:

You can make your own distorting mirror by pasting a sheet of kitchen foil to a piece of thin cardboard.
5
to move a piece of text to a particular place in a computer document:

Examples:

Cut that paragraph and then paste it at the end of the page.
6
to move words or pictures from one place to another in a computer document:

Examples:

It's not enough simply to cut and paste text from the internet.
7
a thick, wet substance used for sticking things together, or any soft, wet mixture of powder and liquid:

Examples:

Use paste, glue, or tape to attach the pictures.
tomato paste
8
to stick something to something else:

Examples:

She pasted a heart onto the valentine.
9
to move text or pictures to a particular place in a computer document:

Examples:

copy/cut and paste He had simply copied and pasted the numbers directly from the memo.

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