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paste

/peɪst/

noun

Meaning

  • A soft moist mixture, in particular:

  • A substance that behaves as a solid until a sufficiently large load or stress is applied, at which point it flows like a fluid

  • A hard lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone made from this glass.

  • Pasta.

  • The mineral substance in which other minerals are embedded.

verb

Meaning

  • To stick with paste; to cause to adhere by or as if by paste.

  • To insert a piece of media (e.g. text, picture, audio, video) previously copied or cut from somewhere else.

  • To strike or beat someone or something.

  • To defeat decisively or by a large margin.