Meanings
paste1
plural pastes
- A soft moist mixture, in particular:
- countableobsoleteuncountablePastry.
And that day month, he had the paste rolled out, and cut the fair twin's head off, and chopped her in pieces, and peppered her, and salted her, and put her in the pie, and sent it to the baker's, and ate it all, and picked the bones.
1860, Charles Dickens, Captain Murderer - countableuncountableOne of pounded foods, such as fish paste, liver paste, or tomato paste.
- countableuncountablejewelryA hard lead-containing glass; an artificial gemstone made from this glass.
Yesterday I bought some paste, which is a nickname for fake diamonds, and they were from Bergdorf’s.
2023 March 10, Alex Vadukul, quoting Nan Goldin, “Nan Goldin Is Ready for Oscar Night”, in The New York Times, →ISSN - countableobsoleteuncountablePasta.
This is likewise the market for their oil, and the paste called macaroni, of which they make a good quantity.
1766, Tobias George Smollett, Travels through France and Italy: Containing observations on character, customs, religion, government, police, commerce, arts, and antiquities. With a particular description of the town, territory, and climate of Nice. To which is added, A register of the weather, kept during a residence of eighteen months in that city, Volume 2 (travel), page 351 more example
Vermicelli for soups, is paste from Italy; so called because it looks like worms. My macaroni, paste from Italy—My salop, a root ground to powder—the root of one kind of orchis.
1792, Arnaud Berquin, The childrens'^([sic]) companion: or, entertaining instructor for the youth of both sexes; designed, to excite attention and inculcate virtue. Selected from the works of Berquin, Genlis, Day, and others^(http://books.google.com/books?id=iysCAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22paste%22+Italy+(%22macaroni%22+OR+%22maccheroni%22+OR+%22spaghetti%22)&source=gbs_navlinks_s), page 75
present singular third person pastes · participle present pasting · participle past pasted · past pasted
paste2
present singular third person pastes · participle present pasting · participle past pasted · past pasted
- slangtransitiveTo defeat decisively or by a large margin.
paste3
- pluralrareplural of pasta
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
nounan adhesive made from water and flour or starch; used on paper and paperboard
nouna tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
paste · noun, verb
- Ancient Greekπάσσω (pássō)
- Ancient Greekπαστός (pastós)
- Ancient Greekπαστά (pastá)
- Late Latinpasta
- Old Frenchpaste
- Middle Englishpaste
- Englishpaste
From 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.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →paste · verb
Probably an alteration of baste (“beat”) influenced by some sense of the noun.
Full word history & related roots →paste · noun
- Italianpaste“pastas”
- Englishpaste
Unadapted borrowing from Italian paste (“pastas”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans plak
- plakto insert a piece of media
Arabic أَلْصَقَ, أَلْصَقَ
- أَلْصَقَ (ʔalṣaqa)to cause to stick, adhere
- أَلْصَقَ (ʔalṣaqa)to insert a piece of media
Bulgarian тесто́, пасте́т
- тесто́ (testó)soft mixture used in making pastry
- пасте́т (pastét)soft mixture of pounded foods
- лепи́ло (lepílo)an adhesive paste
- клей (klej)an adhesive paste
- па́ста (pásta)a soft mixture
- залепвам (zalepvam)to cause to stick, adhere
- копирам (kopiram)to insert a piece of media
Catalan enganxar, enganxar
- enganxarto cause to stick, adhere
- enganxarto insert a piece of media
Chinese Mandarin 膏, 糊
- 膏 (gāo)a soft mixture
- 糊 (hú)a soft mixture
- 黏貼 /黏贴 (niántiē)to insert a piece of media
Czech těsto, pomazánka
- těstosoft mixture used in making pastry
- pomazánkasoft mixture of pounded foods
- paštikasoft mixture of pounded foods
- lepidloan adhesive paste
- kašea soft mixture
- pastaa soft mixture
- lepitto cause to stick, adhere
- vložitto insert a piece of media
Danish indsætte, sætte ind
- indsætteto cause to stick, adhere
- sætte indto cause to stick, adhere
Dutch deeg, pastei
- deegsoft mixture used in making pastry
- pasteisoft mixture of pounded foods
- stijfselan adhesive paste
- straslead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone thereof
- pastaa soft mixture
- plakkento cause to stick, adhere
- plakkento insert a piece of media
Esperanto gluo, glui
- gluoan adhesive paste
- gluito cause to stick, adhere
- algluito cause to stick, adhere
Estonian kliister
- kliisteran adhesive paste
Finnish taikina, tahna
- taikinasoft mixture used in making pastry
- tahnasoft mixture of pounded foods
- liisterian adhesive paste
- korulasilead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone thereof
- massaa soft mixture
- liimata tahnallato cause to stick, adhere
- liittääto insert a piece of media
French pâte, pâte
- pâtesoft mixture used in making pastry
- pâtesoft mixture of pounded foods
- strasslead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone thereof
- straslead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone thereof
- pâtea soft mixture
- collerto cause to stick, adhere
- collerto insert a piece of media
German Teig, Paste
- Teigsoft mixture used in making pastry
- Pastesoft mixture of pounded foods
- Pastetesoft mixture of pounded foods
- Kleisteran adhesive paste
- Klebstoffan adhesive paste
- Kittan adhesive paste
- Strasslead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone thereof
- Pastea soft mixture
- einfügento insert a piece of media
Greek πολτός, αλοιφή
- πολτός (poltós)soft mixture of pounded foods
- αλοιφή (aloifí)soft mixture of pounded foods
- κόλλα (kólla)an adhesive paste
- πολτός (poltós)a soft mixture
- αλοιφή (aloifí)a soft mixture
- κολλώ (kolló)to cause to stick, adhere
- επικολλώ (epikolló)to insert a piece of media
Hindi लेपन
- लेपन (lepan)a soft mixture
Hungarian tészta, pástétom
- tésztasoft mixture used in making pastry
- pástétomsoft mixture of pounded foods
- csirizan adhesive paste
- strasszlead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone thereof
- pasztaa soft mixture
- kréma soft mixture
- kenőcsa soft mixture
- ragasztto cause to stick, adhere
- tapasztto cause to stick, adhere
- beillesztto insert a piece of media
Irish leafaos, leafaos
- leafaossoft mixture used in making pastry
- leafaossoft mixture of pounded foods
- taosan adhesive paste
- paistmineral substance in which other minerals are embedded
- taosa soft mixture
- leafaosa soft mixture
Italian pasta, colla
- pastasoft mixture used in making pastry
- collaan adhesive paste
- strasslead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone thereof
- impastoa soft mixture
- incollareto cause to stick, adhere
- attaccareto cause to stick, adhere
- incollareto insert a piece of media
Latin intrīta, agglūtinō
- intrītaa soft mixture
- agglūtinōto cause to stick, adhere
- agglūtinōto insert a piece of media
Lithuanian tešla
- tešlasoft mixture used in making pastry
Malay pes
- pessoft mixture of pounded foods
Māori whakapiri
- whakapirito insert a piece of media
Polish pasztet, stras
- pasztetsoft mixture of pounded foods
- straslead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone thereof
- pastaa soft mixture
- wklejaćto insert a piece of media
Portuguese strass, aderir
- strasslead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone thereof
- aderirto cause to stick, adhere
- colarto cause to stick, adhere
- colarto insert a piece of media
Romanian lipi
- lipito insert a piece of media
Russian те́сто, паште́т
- те́сто (tésto)soft mixture used in making pastry
- паште́т (paštét)soft mixture of pounded foods
- кле́йстер (kléjster)an adhesive paste
- кле́й (kléj)an adhesive paste
- страз (straz)lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone thereof
- па́ста (pásta)a soft mixture
- вставля́ть (vstavljátʹ)to insert a piece of media
- вста́вить (vstávitʹ)to insert a piece of media
Scottish Gaelic taois, glaodh
- taoissoft mixture used in making pastry
- glaodhan adhesive paste
- glaodhto cause to stick, adhere
- cuir annto insert a piece of media
Slovak paštéta
- paštétasoft mixture of pounded foods
Spanish masa, paté
- masasoft mixture used in making pastry
- patésoft mixture of pounded foods
- budínsoft mixture of pounded foods
- pastasoft mixture of pounded foods
- engrudoan adhesive paste
- colaan adhesive paste
- pastalead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone thereof
- pastaa soft mixture
- pegarto cause to stick, adhere
- engrudarto cause to stick, adhere
- pegarto insert a piece of media
Swedish pasta, klistra in
- pastaa soft mixture
- klistra into insert a piece of media
Turkish çiriş, macun
- çirişan adhesive paste
- macuna soft mixture
- yapıştırmakto insert a piece of media
Ukrainian паште́т, па́ста
- паште́т (paštét)soft mixture of pounded foods
- па́ста (pásta)a soft mixture
Vietnamese dán
- dánto insert a piece of media
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Cite this entry
paste. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paste
“paste.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paste. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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