paste Definition

paste
noun

1. A stiff moist mixture made from a powder and water, and traditionally made from flour and water, used as an adhesive.

Example: wallpaper paste
Thesaurus: glue, adhesive, putty, mucilage.
2. A spread for sandwiches, etc made from ground meat or fish, etc.

Example: salmon paste
3. Any fine, often sweet, dough-like mixture.

Example: almond paste
4. A hard brilliant glass used in making imitation gems.

verb pasted, pasting

1. To stick something with paste.

Thesaurus: glue, fasten, fix, cement.
2. printing.
To mount (text, illustrations, etc) on a backing as a proof for printing from or photographing, etc. See also paste-up.
Form: paste something up (also)
3. word processing.
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.