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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A hard lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone made from this glass.
  • A soft mixture, in particular:
  • physics A substance that behaves as a solid until a sufficiently large load or stress is applied, at which point it flows like a fluid
  • Specifically, one of flour, fat, or similar ingredients used in making pastry.
  • Specifically, one of pounded foods, such as fish paste, liver paste, or tomato paste.
  • Specifically, one used as an adhesive, esp. for putting up wallpapers, etc.

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Verb:

  • informal To defeat decisively or by a large margin.
  • intransitive|computing To media(e.g. text, picture, audio, video, movie container etc.) previously copied or cut from somewhere else.
  • informal To strike or beat someone or something.
  • transitive To stick with paste; to cause to adhere by or as if by paste.

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