pate
(pāt)
[Middle English.]
noun
- The human head, especially the top of the head: a bald pate.
- The mind or brain.
derivatives
- pat́ed
- adjective
pâte
(pät)
[French, from Old French paste, paste; see paste1.]
noun
- See paste1
pâ·té
(pä-tā́)
[French, from Old French paste, paste, pâté; see paste1.]
noun
- A meat paste, such as pâté de foie gras.
- A small pastry filled with meat or fish.
paste
1 (pāst)
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin pasta, from Greek, barley-porridge from neuter pl. of pastos, sprinkled, salted, from passein, to sprinkle.]
noun
- A soft, smooth, thick mixture or material, as:
- A smooth viscous mixture, as of flour and water or of starch and water, that is used as an adhesive for joining light materials, such as paper and cloth.
- The moist clay or clay mixture used in making porcelain or pottery. Also called pâte
- A smooth dough of water, flour, and butter or other shortening, used in making pastry.
- A food that has been pounded until it is reduced to a smooth creamy mass: anchovy paste.
- A sweet doughy candy or confection: rolled apricot paste.
- A hard, brilliant, lead-containing glass used in making artificial gems.
- A gem made of this glass. Also called strass
verb: past·ed, past·ing, pastes.
transitive verb
- To cause to adhere by or as if by applying paste.
- To cover with something by or as if by pasting: He pasted the wall with burlap. The wall is pasted with splotches.
- Computer Science To insert (text, graphics, or other data) into a document or file.
intransitive verb
- Computer Science To insert text, graphics, or other data into a document or file.
