"paste" meaning in English

See paste in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /peɪst/ Audio: en-us-paste.ogg [US] Forms: paste [singular], pastes [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Paste is a thick liquid for sticking (attaching) things together. Paste is like glue, but glue is more liquid and paste is more solid.
    Sense id: simple-paste-en-noun-hu~qJLJe
  2. Any very thick liquid, almost solid.
    Sense id: simple-paste-en-noun-hQWn5zau

Verb

IPA: /peɪst/ Audio: en-us-paste.ogg [US] Forms: paste [canonical], pastes [third-person, singular], pasted [past], pasted [past, participle], pasting [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|past|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you paste something in a computer program, you cut or copy it from one place and put a copy of it somewhere else.
    Sense id: simple-paste-en-verb-RAl0Q5R6
  2. To stick things together using paste.
    Sense id: simple-paste-en-verb-D2IkXCi7
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