(pāst) noun
1. An adhesive mixture, usually of flour and water: used for joining or affixing paper articles and the like, and in bookbinding, etc.
2. A mixture of flour and water, often with other materials, for culinary purposes; dough.
3. Any doughy or moist plastic substance; anything of the consistency of paste, as for consumption or application: usually with a qualifying word: fish paste; almond paste.
4. A vitreous composition for making imitation gems.
5. A confection made of fruit juices, sugar, gum, etc.
6. A mixture of clay for making stoneware or porcelain.
—v.t. past·ed, past·ing
1. To stick or fasten with paste or the like.
2. To cover by applying pasted material.
—adjective Made of paste; artificial. [<OF <LL pasta <Gk. pastē barley porridge]

(pāst) Slang v.t. past·ed, past·ing
To strike, as with the fist; beat.
—noun A hard blow. [<BASTE³]