Meaning of "paste" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PASTE

Via Old French from Late Latin pasta dough, from Greek pastē barley porridge, from pastos, from passein to sprinkle.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PASTE

paste  [peɪst]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PASTE

Paste is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb paste in English.

WHAT DOES PASTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Paste

Paste is a term for any very thick viscous fluid. It may refer to: Adhesives ▪ An adhesive ▪ Wheatpaste, a liquid adhesive made from vegetable starch and water ▪ Wallpaper paste Food ▪ Paste, a semi-liquid colloidal suspension, emulsion, or aggregation used in food preparation ▪ Purée, a food paste made with cooked ingredients ▪ Spread, a ready-to-eat food paste ▪ Paste, a small Cornish style pastry produced in the Mexican state of Hidalgo Computing ▪ Cut, copy, and paste, related commands that offer a UI interaction technique for digital transfer from a source to a destination ▪ paste, a Unix command line utility which is used to join files horizontally ▪ Python Paste, a set of utilities for web development in Python Other uses ▪ Paste, a monthly music and entertainment digital magazine ▪ Paste, a substance that behaves as a solid and a liquid depending on applied load ▪ "Paste", a 5,800-word short story by Henry James ▪ Rhinestone, a diamond simulant made from rock crystal, glass or acrylic...

Definition of paste in the English dictionary

The first definition of paste in the dictionary is a mixture or material of a soft or malleable consistency, such as toothpaste. Other definition of paste is an adhesive made from water and flour or starch, used esp for joining pieces of paper. Paste is also a preparation of food, such as meat, that has been powdered to a creamy mass, for spreading on bread, crackers, etc.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PASTE

PRESENT

Present

I paste

you paste

he/she/it pastes

we paste

you paste

they paste

Present continuous

I am pasting

you are pasting

he/she/it is pasting

we are pasting

you are pasting

they are pasting

Present perfect

I have pasted

you have pasted

he/she/it has pasted

we have pasted

you have pasted

they have pasted

Present perfect continuous

I have been pasting

you have been pasting

he/she/it has been pasting

we have been pasting

you have been pasting

they have been pasting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I pasted

you pasted

he/she/it pasted

we pasted

you pasted

they pasted

Past continuous

I was pasting

you were pasting

he/she/it was pasting

we were pasting

you were pasting

they were pasting

Past perfect

I had pasted

you had pasted

he/she/it had pasted

we had pasted

you had pasted

they had pasted

Past perfect continuous

I had been pasting

you had been pasting

he/she/it had been pasting

we had been pasting

you had been pasting

they had been pasting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will paste

you will paste

he/she/it will paste

we will paste

you will paste

they will paste

Future continuous

I will be pasting

you will be pasting

he/she/it will be pasting

we will be pasting

you will be pasting

they will be pasting

Future perfect

I will have pasted

you will have pasted

he/she/it will have pasted

we will have pasted

you will have pasted

they will have pasted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been pasting

you will have been pasting

he/she/it will have been pasting

we will have been pasting

you will have been pasting

they will have been pasting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would paste

you would paste

he/she/it would paste

we would paste

you would paste

they would paste

Conditional continuous

I would be pasting

you would be pasting

he/she/it would be pasting

we would be pasting

you would be pasting

they would be pasting

Conditional perfect

I would have paste

you would have paste

he/she/it would have paste

we would have paste

you would have paste

they would have paste

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been pasting

you would have been pasting

he/she/it would have been pasting

we would have been pasting

you would have been pasting

they would have been pasting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you paste
we let´s paste
you paste

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to paste

Past participle

pasted

Present Participle

pasting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «PASTE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «paste» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of paste

adhesive · cement · fasten · fix · glue · gum · mucilage · spread · stick

TRANSLATION OF PASTE

Find out the translation of paste to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of paste from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «paste» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 糊
• Translator English - Spanish: pasta
• English: paste
• Translator English - Hindi: पेस्ट
• Translator English - Arabic: مَعْجُونٌ
• Translator English - Russian: паста
• Translator English - Portuguese: cola
• Translator English - Bengali: পেস্ট
• Translator English - French: pâte
• Translator English - Malay: Tampal
• Translator English - German: Paste
• Translator English - Japanese: ペースト
• Translator English - Korean: 풀
• Translator English - Javanese: Tempel
• Translator English - Vietnamese: bột nhão
• Translator English - Tamil: பேஸ்ட்
• Translator English - Marathi: पेस्ट करा
• Translator English - Turkish: yapıştırmak
• Translator English - Italian: pasta
• Translator English - Polish: pasta
• Translator English - Ukrainian: паста
• Translator English - Romanian: pastă
• Translator English - Greek: πολτός
• Translator English - Afrikaans: plak
• Translator English - Swedish: massa
• Translator English - Norwegian: pasta

8 QUOTES WITH «PASTE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word paste.

1

Dianna Agron

I was on the yearbook staff, so I would take out film cameras and Nikons and take photos around school and at sporting events and things like that. We had a darkroom as well. I just loved it. I also saved up for a video camera to video my friends and cut and paste the videos together and I gave them to all of my friends for graduation.

2

Marian Burros

It may not be possible to get rare roast beef but if you're willing to settle for well done, ask them to hold the sweetened library paste that passes for gravy.

3

Tom Douglas

In my 'Big Dinners' cookbook, I recreated my mother's recipe for crab dip. The creamy dressing for this dip, made with mayonnaise, tomato paste, a touch of honey, sliced chives, lemon juice and zest, horseradish and Tabasco, is reminiscent of Thousand Island dressing.

4

JR

Even when I do really big pieces, I do them strips by strips - so you have to paste, you have to involve people. It's a whole process. And I like that. For me, that's where the artwork is.

5

Meat Loaf

As most people know, I am a vampire, so I have no reflection. Every day, I paste a picture of someone else on the mirror.

6

Deborah Moggach

I hate fussing about in the kitchen when I have people over to supper, so I make a rich beef stew cooked in wine with carrots, sundried tomato paste and chopped chorizo sausage.

7

Adam Richman

Natto, Japanese ferment bean paste, will never cross my lips again. Spam Musubi, on the other hand, is something I love. I used to have a roommate of Vietnamese descent, and he would eat it all the time. It looked gross, but I finally had it - wrapped in seaweed and rice - it was terrific.

8

William Allen White

Consistency is the paste jewel that only cheap men cherish.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PASTE»

Discover the use of paste in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to paste and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Electroanalysis with Carbon Paste Electrodes

The text offers a comprehensive and unprecedentedly wide insight into the realm of the carbon paste material, culminating with a systematic presentation of all the methods and procedures applicable to the determination of a myriad of ...

Ivan Svancara, Kurt Kalcher, Alain Walcarius, 2012

Paste Flow and Extrusion

This text is the first to take a practical scientific approach to the subject, calling on the authors' wealth of expertise based on their 25 years of industrial and research experience.

John Benbow, J. Bridgwater, 1993

Cut and Paste: Science

Each book in this series provides a variety of motivating, interactive activities to help young students master concepts and content.

Jodene Smith, 2003

Cut and Paste: Language Arts

Each book in this series provides a variety of motivating, interactive activities to help young students master concepts and content.

Jodene Smith, 2003

Paper Galaxy: Out-of-This-World Projects to Cut, Fold and Paste

Provides instructions for creating astronomy-themed paper projects, including different types of stars, a space station, and a martian.

M. D. Prins, 2007

Cut and Paste Math

Number. Sense. Suggested. Activities. Below are suggested activities that can be used throughout the unit of study. • This game can be played with 2–5 players. Gather together a 100's chart, one die, and objects that can be used as markers.

Jodene Smith, 2003

Marbled and Paste Papers: Rosamond Loring's Recipe Book : a ...

This facsimile edition is accompanied by an essay by Sidney E. Berger.

‎2007

Paste-up: production techniques and new applications

Explains and illustrates the functions and mechanics of paste-up, proceeding from basic office skills through progressively complex techniques and discussing at each stage appropriate applications and related graphic specialties

Rod Van Uchelen, 1986

Office 2008 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual: The Missing ...

Copy (or Cut) and Paste To copy text, highlight it as described above. Then choose Edit ➝ Copy (or click the corresponding Standard toolbar button), click the mouse or use the arrow keys to transport the insertion point to your new location,  ...

Jim Elferdink, 2008

Japanese stencil dyeing: paste-resist techniques

Explains how to prepare stencils, resist paste, and dyes, identifies suitable fabrics, and shows each step in the process of stencil dyeing

Eiko Nakano, Barbara B. Stephan, 1982

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PASTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term paste is used in the context of the following news items.

National Does "Cut And Paste" Double U-Turn

"A 'cut and paste' policy to send migrants to the regions for only one year, and not at least three years as other countries do, simply will have ... «Scoop.co.nz, Jul 15»

Fresh, fast ideas for using Korean gochujang chili paste

Think of it as a blend of miso (Japanese fermented soy bean paste) and Sriracha (that increasingly ubiquitous hot sauce), except gochujang is ... «Observer-Reporter, Jul 15»

Hell on Wheels Review: "Mei Mei"

Ross Bonaime is a D.C.-based freelance writer and regular contributor to Paste. You can follow him on Twitter. Tags. amc · hell on wheels. «Paste Magazine, Jul 15»

Tear, paste, and make

Among the many delights that the art of Japan yields is the art form called sumi-e: brush painting in black ink. The form is ancient, and native to ... «Chandigarh Tribune, Jul 15»

The Paste Parlour: Live from the Morris House - Ayron Jones

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Facebook throws shade at YouTube when you try to paste a link

When you try to paste a YouTube link onto a page, you'll see a tiny warning below the share box encouraging you to upload to Facebook ... «The Next Web, Jul 15»

Why you can't 'copy and paste' with enterprise mobility

To simply 'copy and paste' would be an opportunity lost, and, in this case, would make the process more complicated and obtain no more ... «SmartCompany.com.au, Jul 15»

Adobe Lightroom Mobile for Android now lets you copy/paste image …

Earlier this week, Adobe announced and released Lightroom Mobile 1.2 for Android devices, an update that brings a number of new features ... «imaging resource, Jul 15»

Ben Marcus Curates Emotionally Devastating Tales in New …

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