paste
1. any mixture of a soft and malleable consistency (Freq. 6)
• Hypernyms:
composition
2. a hard, brilliant lead glass that is used in making artificial jewelry
• Hypernyms:
lead glass
3. an adhesive made from water and flour or starch;
used on paper and paperboard
• Syn:
library paste
• Derivationally related forms:
pasty
• Hypernyms:
adhesive material, adhesive agent, adhesive
• Hyponyms:
wafer
4. a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes
• Syn:
spread
• Derivationally related forms:
spread (for: spread)
• Hypernyms:
condiment
• Hyponyms:
margarine, margarin, oleo, oleomargarine, marge,
nut butter, peanut butter, marshmallow fluff, onion butter, pimento butter, shrimp butter,
lobster butter, cheese spread, anchovy butter, fishpaste, garlic butter, miso,
hummus, humus, hommos, hoummos, humous, pate,
tapenade, tahini
1. join or attach with or as if with glue (Freq. 5)
- paste the sign on the wall
- cut and paste the sentence in the text
• Syn:
glue
• Derivationally related forms:
paster, glue (for: glue)
• Hypernyms:
attach
• Hyponyms:
epoxy
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
2. hit with the fists
- He pasted his opponent
• Hypernyms:
beat
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- The fighter managed to paste his opponent
3. cover the surface of
- paste the wall with burlap
• Derivationally related forms:
paster
• Hypernyms:
cover
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something PP
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