paste

pronunciation

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Noun:

any mixture of a soft and malleable consistency
an adhesive made from water and flour or starch; used on paper and paperboard
a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers
Verb:

join or attach with or as if with glue
hit with the fists
cover the surface of

Word Origin

paste: paste: [14] Greek pástē denoted a sort of ‘porridge made from barley’ (it was a derivative of the verb pássein ‘sprinkle’). Late Latin borrowed it as pasta, by which time it had come to mean ‘dough’. From this were descended Italian pasta (acquired by English in the late 19th century) and Old French paste, source of English paste. This at first meant ‘pastry, dough’, a sense now largely taken over by the related pastry.The meaning ‘glue’ did not emerge until the 16th century, ‘soft mixture’ until as recently as the 17th century. Other related forms in English include pastel [17], which comes via French from the Italian diminutive pastello; pastiche [19], which comes, again via French, from Italian pasticcio ‘pie’, hence ‘hotchpotch’; and pasty [13], paté [18], and patty [18], all of which go back to medieval Latin *pastāta.=> pasta, pastel, pastiche, pasty, paté, patty

paste (n.): c. 1300 (mid-12c. as a surname), "dough," from Old French paste "dough, pastry" (13c., Modern French pâte), from Late Latin pasta "dough, pastry cake, paste" (see pasta). Meaning "glue mixture" is first attested mid-15c.

paste (v.2): "hit hard," 1846, probably an alteration of baste "beat" (see lambaste). Related: Pasted; pasting.

paste (v.1): "to stick with paste," 1560s; see paste (n.). Related: Pasted; pasting.

3. Mexican use black beans and add 1 / 2 tsp red-pepper flakes and 2 tsp cumin with tomato paste .

5. Paste and gel formulations often contain substances like glycerol to prevent the toothpaste from drying out .