paste

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

paste, n. [OF. paste, F. pâte, L. pasta, fr. Gr. barley broth; cf. barley porridge, sprinkled with salt, to sprinkle. Cf. Pasty, n., Patty.].

•  A soft composition, as of flour moistened with water or milk, or of earth moistened to the consistence of dough, as in making potter's ware.  [1913 Webster]
•  Specifically, in cookery, a dough prepared for the crust of pies and the like; pastry dough.  [1913 Webster]
•  A kind of cement made of flour and water, starch and water, or the like, -- used for uniting paper or other substances, as in bookbinding, etc., -- also used in calico printing as a vehicle for mordant or color.  [1913 Webster]
•  A highly refractive vitreous composition, variously colored, used in making imitations of precious stones or gems. See Strass.  [1913 Webster]
•  A soft confection made of the inspissated juice of fruit, licorice, or the like, with sugar, etc.  [1913 Webster]
•  The mineral substance in which other minerals are imbedded.  [1913 Webster]

Paste eel (Zoöl.), the vinegar eel. See under Vinegar.

paste, v. t. 

 To unite with paste; to fasten or join by means of paste.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

paste, n. & v.
--n.
1 any moist fairly stiff mixture, esp. of powder and liquid.
2 a dough of flour with fat, water, etc., used in baking.
3 an adhesive of flour, water, etc., esp. for sticking paper and other light materials.
4 an easily spread preparation of ground meat, fish, etc. (anchovy paste).
5 a hard vitreous composition used in making imitation gems.
6 a mixture of clay, water, etc., used in making ceramic ware, esp. a mixture of low plasticity used in making porcelain.
--v.tr.
1 fasten or coat with paste.
2 sl. a beat or thrash. b bomb or bombard heavily.

Idiom

paste-up a document prepared for copying etc. by combining and pasting various sections on a backing.

Derivative

pasting n. (esp. in sense 2 of v.).

Etymology

ME f. OF f. LL pasta small square medicinal lozenge f. Gk paste f. pastos sprinkled

THESAURUS

paste

Italian paste, adherent, adhesive, admixture, agglutinate, albumen, alloy, amalgam, bang, barnacle, bash, baste, bat, batter, beat, belabor, belt, biff, bijouterie, bind, blank, blend, bonk, bonnyclabber, box, bramble, bravery, braze, brier, buffet, bulldog, bulldoze, burr, bust, butter, cataplasm, cement, cheat, chiffon, clabber, clap, clinquant, clip, clobber, clout, clump, coldcock, combination, combo, commixture, composite, composition, compound, concoction, confection, cornstarch, costume jewelry, counterfeit, crack, cream, crush, curd, cut, dash, deal, deal a blow, decal, decalcomania, deck, defeat utterly, dental pulp, dough, drub, dummy, dumpling, egg white, ensemble, fake, fakement, fedellini, festoons, fetch, fetch a blow, fettuccine, finery, flail, flap, folderol, foofaraw, forgery, frame-up, fraud, frilliness, frilling, frills, frills and furbelows, frippery, froufrou, fuse, fuss, gaiety, gaudery, gaum, gel, gelatin, gilding, gilt, gingerbread, glair, glass, glop, glue, gluten, goo, gook, goop, gruel, gum, gumbo, gunk, hammer, haymaker, hit, hit a clip, hoax, ice, imitation, immixture, impostor, intermixture, jab, jam, jell, jelly, jewelry, junk, junk jewelry, knaydlach, knock, knock cold, knock down, knock out, lambaste, larrup, lasagne, leech, let have it, limpet, loblolly, macaroni, magma, mash, matzo balls, maul, mixture, mock, molasses, mucilage, mucus, mush, noodles, overbear, overwhelm, pap, paper pulp, pasta, patter, pelt, phony, pinchbeck, pith, plaster, plunk, poke, pommel, porridge, poultice, pound, prickle, pudding, pulp, pulp lead, pulpwood, pulverize, pummel, punch, puree, put-on, put-up job, putty, rag pulp, rap, ravioli, remora, rip-off, rob, sauce, scatter pins, schmear, semifluid, semiliquid, sham, shellac, shoddy, shut out, simulacrum, size, skunk, slam, sledgehammer, slog, slug, smack, smash, smear, smite, snap, snow under, soak, sock, solder, soup, spaetzle, spaghetti, spaghettini, spank, sponge, squash, starch, steamroller, stick together, sticker, sticky mess, strike, strike at, sulfate pulp, sulfite pulp, superfluity, swack, swat, swindle, swipe, syrup, thorn, thrash, thresh, thump, thwack, tinsel, trappings, treacle, trickery, trumpery, vermicelli, wallop, weld, whack, wham, whelm, whip, white lead, whited sepulcher, whitewash, whomp, whop, won ton, wood pulp, yerk, ziti

ROGET THESAURUS

paste

Connection

N connection, vinculum, link, connective, connection, junction, bond of union, copula, hyphen, intermedium, bracket, bridge, stepping-stone, isthmus, bond, tendon, tendril, fiber, cord, cordage, riband, ribbon, rope, guy, cable, line, halser, hawser, painter, moorings, wire, chain, string, fastener, fastening, tie, ligament, ligature, strap, tackle, rigging, standing rigging, running rigging, traces, harness, yoke, band ribband, bandage, brace, roller, fillet, inkle, with, withe, withy, thong, braid, girder, tiebeam, girth, girdle, cestus, garter, halter, noose, lasso, surcingle, knot, running knot, cabestro, cinch, lariat, legadero, oxreim, suspenders, pin, corking pin, nail, brad, tack, skewer, staple, corrugated fastener, clamp, U-clamp, C-clamp, cramp, cramp iron, ratchet, detent, larigo, pawl, terret, treenail, screw, button, buckle, clasp, hasp, hinge, hank, catch, latch, bolt, latchet, tag, tooth, hook, hook and eye, lock, holdfast, padlock, rivet, anchor, grappling iron, trennel, stake, post, cement, glue, gum, paste, size, wafer, solder, lute, putty, birdlime, mortar, stucco, plaster, grout, viscum, shackle, rein, prop.

Coherence

VB cohere, adhere, stick, cling, cleave, hold, take hold of, hold fast, close with, clasp, hug, grow together, hang together, twine round, stick like a leech, stick like wax, stick close, cling like ivy, cling like a bur, adhere like a remora, adhere like Dejanira's shirt, glue, agglutinate, conglutinate, cement, lute, paste, gum, solder, weld, cake, consolidate, agglomerate.

Ornament

N ornament, floridness c, adj, turgidity, turgescence, altiloquence, declamation, teratology, well-rounded periods, elegance, orotundity, inversion, antithesis, alliteration, paronomasia, figurativeness, flourish, flowers of speech, flowers of rhetoric, frills of style, euphuism, euphemism, big-sounding words, high-sounding words, macrology, sesquipedalia verba, Alexandrine, inflation, pretension, rant, bombast, fustian, prose run mad, fine writing, sesquipedality, Minerva press, phrasemonger, euphuist, euphemist, ornament, beautified, ornate, florid, rich, flowery, euphuistic, euphemistic, sonorous, high-sounding, big-sounding, inflated, swelling, tumid, turgid, turgescent, pedantic, pompous, stilted, orotund, high flown, high flowing, sententious, rhetorical, declamatory, grandiose, grandiloquent, magniloquent, altiloquent, sesquipedal, sesquipedalian, Johnsonian, mouthy, bombastic, fustian, frothy, flashy, flaming, antithetical, alliterative, figurative, artificial, ore rutundo, ornament, ornamentation, ornamental art, ornature, ornateness, adornment, decoration, embellishment, architecture, jewelry, garnish, polish, varnish, French polish, veneer, japanning, lacquer, gilding, plating, ormolu, enamel, cloisonn_e, cosmetics (in general), makeup, eye shadow, rouge, face powder, lipstick, blush, pattern, diaper, powdering, paneling, graining, pargeting, detail, repousse (convexity), texture, richness, tracery, molding, fillet, listel, strapwork, coquillage, flourish, fleur-de-lis, arabesque, fret, anthemion, egg and tongue, egg and dart, astragal, zigzag, acanthus, cartouche, pilaster, bead, beading, champleve ware, cloisonne ware, frost work, Moresque, Morisco, tooling, embroidery, brocade, brocatelle, galloon, lace, fringe, trapping, border, edging, trimming, hanging, tapestry, arras, millinery, ermine, drap d'or, wreath, festoon, garland, chaplet, flower, nosegay, bouquet, posy, daisies pied and violets blue, tassel knot, shoulder knot, apaulette, epaulet, aigulet, frog, star, rosette, bow, feather, plume, pompom, panache, aigrette, finery, frippery, gewgaw, gimcrack, tinsel, spangle, clinquant, pinchbeck, paste, excess of ornament, gaud, pride, illustration, illumination, vignette, fleuron, head piece, tail piece, cul-de-lampe, flowers of rhetoric, work of art, ornamented, beautified, ornate, rich, gilt, begilt, tesselated, festooned, champleve, cloisonne, topiary, smart, gay, trickly, flowery, glittering, new gilt, new spangled, fine as a Mayday queen, fine as a fivepence, fine as a carrot fresh scraped, pranked out, bedight, well-groomed, in full dress, dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, dressed to advantage, in Sunday best, en grand tenue, en grande toilette, in best bib and tucker, endimanche, showy, flashy, gaudy, garish, gairish, gorgeous, ornamental, decorative, becoming.

Deception

N deception, falseness, untruth, imposition, imposture, fraud, deceit, guile, fraudulence, fraudulency, covin, knavery, misrepresentation, bluff, straw-bail, straw bid, spoof, delusion, gullery, juggling, jugglery, slight of hand, legerdemain, prestigiation, prestidigitation, magic, conjuring, conjuration, hocus-pocus, escamoterie, jockeyship, trickery, coggery, chicanery, supercherie, cozenage, circumvention, ingannation, collusion, treachery, practical joke, trick, cheat, wile, blind, feint, plant, bubble, fetch, catch, chicane, juggle, reach, hocus, bite, card sharping, stacked deck, loaded dice, quick shuffle, double dealing, dealing seconds, dealing from the bottom of the deck, artful dodge, swindle, tricks upon travelers, stratagem, confidence trick, fake, hoax, theft, ballot-box stuffing, barney, brace game, bunko game, drop game, gum game, panel game, shell game, thimblerig, skin game, snare, trap, pitfall, decoy, gin, springe, springle, noose, hoot, bait, decoy-duck, tub to the whale, baited trap, guet-a-pens, cobweb, net, meshes, toils, mouse trap, birdlime, dionaea, Venus's flytrap, ambush, trapdoor, sliding panel, false bottom, spring-net, spring net, spring gun, mask, masked battery, mine, flytrap, green goods, panel house, Cornish hug, wolf in sheep's clothing, disguise, disguisement, false colors, masquerade, mummery, borrowed plumes, pattes de velours, mockery, copy, counterfeit, sham, make- believe, forgery, fraud, lie, a delusion a mockery and a snare, hollow mockery, whited sepulcher, painted sepulcher, tinsel, paste, junk jewelry, costume jewelry, false jewelry, synthetic jewels, scagliola, ormolu, German silver, albata, paktong, white metal, Britannia metal, paint, veneer, jerry building, man of straw, illusion, ignis fatuus, mirage, deceived, deceiving, cunning, prestigious, prestigiatory, deceptive, deceptious, deceitful, covinous, delusive, delusory, illusive, illusory, elusive, insidious, ad captandum vulgus, untrue, mock, sham, make-believe, counterfeit, snide, pseudo, spurious, supposititious, so-called, pretended, feigned, trumped up, bogus, scamped, fraudulent, tricky, factitious bastard, surreptitious, illegitimate, contraband, adulterated, sophisticated, unsound, rotten at the core, colorable, disguised, meretricious, tinsel, pinchbeck, plated, catchpenny, Brummagem, artificial, synthetic, ersatz, simulated, under false colors, under the garb of, under cover of, over the left, keep the word of promise to the ear and break it t, fronti nulla fides, ah that deceit should steal such gentle shapes, a quicksand of deceit, decipimur specie recti, falsi crimen, fraus est celare fraudem, lupus in fabula, so smooth, he daubed his vice with show of virtue.