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pastes

/peɪsts/

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noun

A soft moist mixture, in particular:

Examples :

"The artist uses different colored pastes to create texture on her paintings. "

material substance

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noun

A substance that behaves as a solid until a sufficiently large load or stress is applied, at which point it flows like a fluid

Examples :

"The industrial robot carefully dispenses measured amounts of special pastes onto the circuit board before the components are placed. "

material substance

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noun

A hard lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone made from this glass.

Examples :

"The antique necklace sparkled, but closer inspection revealed that the gems were not diamonds, but rather clever pastes. "

material substance

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noun

Examples :

"My family enjoys a big plate of pastes with tomato sauce and meatballs every Sunday. "

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noun

The mineral substance in which other minerals are embedded.

Examples :

"The geologist showed us how the larger crystals were embedded in the fine-grained pastes that made up the rock sample. "

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verb

To stick with paste; to cause to adhere by or as if by paste.

Examples :

"The child pastes colorful stars onto the construction paper. "

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verb

To insert a piece of media (e.g. text, picture, audio, video) previously copied or cut from somewhere else.

Examples :

"She pastes the copied paragraph into her essay. "

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verb

To strike or beat someone or something.

Examples :

"The bully pastes the smaller kid after school. "

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verb

To defeat decisively or by a large margin.

Examples :

"Our team really pastes the competition in every game; their scores are always much lower than ours. "

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