<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.</li><li>a piece, sheet, or leaf of this.</li><li>something resembling this substance, as papyrus.</li><li>a written or printed document or the like.</li><li>stationery; writing paper.</li><li>a newspaper or journal.</li><li>an essay, article, or dissertation on a particular topic: a paper on early Mayan artifacts.</li><li>Often papers.</li><li>a document establishing or verifying identity, status, or the like: citizenship papers.</li><li>negotiable notes, bills, etc., as commercial paper or paper money: Only silver, please, no paper.</li><li>a promissory note.</li><li>papers, Nautical. ship's papers.</li><li>rolling paper.</li><li>wallpaper.</li><li>toilet paper.</li><li>a sheet or card of paper with pins or needles stuck through it in rows.</li><li>a set of questions for an examination, an individual set of written answers to them, or any written piece of schoolwork.</li><li>Slang. a free pass to an entertainment.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to cover with wallpaper or apply wallpaper to: They papered the bedroom last summer.</li><li>to line or cover with paper.</li><li>to distribute handbills, posters, etc., throughout: to paper a neighborhood with campaign literature.</li><li>to fold, enclose, or wrap in paper.</li><li>to supply with paper.</li><li>Informal. to deluge with documents, especially those requiring one to comply with certain technical procedures, as a means of legal harassment: He papered the plaintiff to force a settlement.</li><li>Slang. to fill (a theater or the like) with spectators by giving away free tickets or passes.</li><li>Archaic. to write or set down on paper.</li><li>to describe in writing.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>made of paper or paperlike material: a paper bag.</li><li>paperlike; thin, flimsy, or frail.</li><li>of, relating to, or noting routine clerical duties.</li><li>pertaining to or carried on by means of letters, articles, books, etc.: a paper war.</li><li>written or printed on paper.</li><li>existing in theory or principle only and not in reality: paper profits.</li><li>indicating the first event of a series, as a wedding anniversary.</li><li>Slang. including many patrons admitted on free passes, as an audience for a theatrical performance: It's a paper house tonight.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase</strong></p><ul><li>to patch up or attempt to conceal (a difference, disagreement, etc.) so as to preserve a friendship, present a unified opinion, etc.: to paper over a dispute.</li></ul>