pastes 1 of 2

verb

Definition of pastesnext
present tense third-person singular of paste
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as in bombs
to defeat by a large margin with the economy having gone south, it was hardly surprising that the incumbent party got pasted in the general election

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as in slaps
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner pasted the soccer ball halfway across the field

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pastes

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noun

plural of paste
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as in epoxies

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as in rhinestones

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  1. hits
  2. adhesives
  3. slams
  4. claps
Verb
  • When pericarditis hits, the flare can cause debilitating fatigue which significantly impacts daily life.
    Carol Schram, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • If Israel hits Iran’s oil industry, supply disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz could become of concern, other analysts echoed.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of hits
Noun
  • The starch from it can be used to make fibers, adhesives and packaging.
    WWD, WWD, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Beeswax has been made into candles, cosmetics, coatings to prevent food from spoiling, medicinals and adhesives, and been used as the primary medium for encaustic painting.
    Barrett Klein, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of adhesives
Verb
  • The film contains one of the great gross-out scenes of all time, in which Adjani has a bloody, violent miscarriage in a Berlin subway station and slams her body around as if in the throes of an exorcism.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Painstaking recovery, after Hurricane Milton slams Florida, the Southeast reels from a second disaster in two weeks.
    ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2024
Definition of slams
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  • Detroit Pistons team owner Tom Gores claps during the press conference on July 30, 2021 at the Pistons Performance Center in Detroit, Michigan.
    Michael Ozanian, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024
  • When the camera zooms in on Haines, the gnat can be seen buzzing around above her head (as evidenced in Entertainment Weekly's extremely serious investigative photos below) before Goldberg launches her military action and claps her hands while Haines speaks.
    EW.com, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of claps
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