paste
verb/peɪst/
/peɪst/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they paste | /peɪst/ /peɪst/ |
| he / she / it pastes | /peɪsts/ /peɪsts/ |
| past simple pasted | /ˈpeɪstɪd/ /ˈpeɪstɪd/ |
| past participle pasted | /ˈpeɪstɪd/ /ˈpeɪstɪd/ |
| -ing form pasting | /ˈpeɪstɪŋ/ /ˈpeɪstɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] paste something + adv./prep. to stick something to something else using glue or paste
- He pasted the pictures into his scrapbook.
- Paste the two pieces together.
- Paste down the edges.
- There were posters pasted on the walls.
- [transitive] paste something to make something by sticking pieces of paper together
- The children were busy cutting and pasting paper hats.
- [transitive, intransitive] paste (something) (computing) to copy or move text into a document from another place or another document
- This function allows you to cut and paste text.
- It's quicker to copy and paste than to retype.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin pasta ‘medicinal preparation in the shape of a small square’, probably from Greek pastē, (plural) pasta ‘barley porridge’, from pastos ‘sprinkled’.
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