<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.</li><li>any soft, smooth, and plastic material or preparation.</li><li>dough, especially when prepared with shortening, as for making pie crust and other pastry: puff paste.</li><li>any of various semisoft fruit confections of pliable consistency: almond paste; guava paste.</li><li>a preparation of fish, tomatoes, or other food reduced to a smooth, soft mass, as for a relish or for seasoning.</li><li>pasta.</li><li>a mixture of clay, water, etc., for making pottery or porcelain.</li><li>Jewelry. a brilliant, heavy glass, as strass, used for making artificial gems.</li><li>an artificial gem of this material.</li><li>Slang. a hard smack, blow, or punch, especially on the face.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>pasted, pasting. to fasten or stick with paste or the like.</li><li>to cover with something applied by means of paste.</li><li>Slang. to hit (a person) hard, especially on the face.</li><li>Computers. to insert (copied text, images, etc.) into a file.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>Computers. to insert copied text, images, etc., into a file.</li></ul>