paste

paste [pāst]

n.

[ME past < OFr paste < LL pasta < Gr pastē, mess of barley porridge < passein, to sprinkle]

1.

a) dough used in making rich pastry

b) PASTA

2. any of various soft, moist, smooth-textured substances [toothpaste]

3. a foodstuff, pounded or ground until fine and made creamy, soft, etc. [almond paste]

4. a jellylike candy

5. a mixture of flour or starch, water, and occasionally alum, resin, etc., used as an adhesive for paper or other light materials

6. the moistened clay used in manufacturing pottery and porcelain

7.

a) a hard, brilliant glass containing oxide of lead, used in making artificial gems; strass

b) such a gem or gems

8. Slang a blow, or punch, as with the fist

vt.

pasted, pasting

1. to fasten or make adhere with paste

2. to cover with pasted material [to paste a wall with posters]

3. Slang to hit; punch