paste
To stick with paste; to cause to adhere by or as if by pasteTo stick with paste; to cause to adhere by or as if by paste.
» He pasted the notice on the door.
Он приклеил объявление на дверь.
Meaning
4 senses(transitive)To stick with paste; to cause to adhere by or as if by paste.
(transitive)To insert a piece of media (e.g. text, picture, audio, video) previously copied or cut from somewhere else.
einfügen
вставля́тьvstavljátʹ, вста́витьvstávitʹ
(slang, transitive)To strike or beat someone or something.
(slang, transitive)To defeat decisively or by a large margin.
- cover the surface of
- hit with the fists
- join or attach with or as if with glue
Examples
57 sentencesHe pasted the notice on the door.
ruОн приклеил объявление на дверь.
Add the tomato paste and a bay leaf.
I stuck two sheets of paper together with paste.
Has anyone seen the paste?
ruКто-нибудь видел клей?
Paste this in your scrapbook.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English paste, from Old French paste (modern pâte), from Late Latin pasta, froFrom Middle English paste, from Old French paste (modern pâte), from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá). Doublet of pasta. The verb is from the noun. Middle English had pasten (“to make a paste of; bake in a pastry”), also from the noun; compare Latin pistō and Medieval Latin pastillātus.
Probably an alteration of baste (“beat”) influenced by some sense of the noun.
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Forms
pastes, pasting, pasted, pastedSynonyms
1 synonyms- join or attach with or as if with glue:glue
Word family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle