PASTED

glued, pasted

(adjective) affixed or as if affixed with glue or paste; ā€œhe stayed glued to one spotā€; ā€œpieces of pasted paperā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

pasted

simple past tense and past participle of paste

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary


PASTE

Paste, n. Etym: [OF. paste, F. pĆ¢te, L. pasta, fr. Gr. Pasty, n., Patty.]

1. 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.

2. Specifically, in cookery, a dough prepared for the crust of pies and the like; pastry dough.

3. 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.

4. A highly refractive vitreous composition, variously colored, used in making imitations of precious stones or gems. See Strass.

5. A soft confection made of the inspissated juice of fruit, licorice, or the like, with sugar, etc.

6. (Min.)

Definition: The mineral substance in which other minerals are imbedded. Paste eel (Zoƶl.), the vinegar eel. See under Vinegar.

Paste, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Pasting.]

Definition: To unite with paste; to fasten or join by means of paste.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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22 February 2025

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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ā€˜the father of the brideā€™ instead of ā€˜the brideā€™s fatherā€™


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