Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - paste

 I. noun  Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin pasta dough, ~  Date: 14th century  1.  a. a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls  b. a confection made by evaporating fruit with sugar or by flavoring a gelatin, starch, or gum arabic preparation  c. a smooth food product made by evaporation or grinding tomato ~ almond ~  d. a shaped dough (as spaghetti or ravioli) prepared from semolina, farina, or wheat flour  2. a soft plastic mixture or composition: as  a. a preparation usually of flour or starch and water used as an adhesive or a vehicle for mordant or color  b. clay or a clay mixture used in making pottery or porcelain  3. a brilliant glass of high lead content used for the manufacture of artificial gems  II. transitive verb  (~d; pasting)  Date: circa 1562  1. to cause to adhere by or as if by ~ ; stick  2. to cover with something ~d on  III. transitive verb  (~d; pasting)  Etymology: alteration of baste  Date: 1846  1. to strike hard at  2. to beat or defeat soundly ~d their opponents 42-0