Pasted

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Joined together using an adhesive substance or material; transferred or duplicated by sticking or placing one thing onto another surface; inserted or embedded by attaching content copied from a source
2. United by applying glue or similar bonding agents; replicated or reproduced by fixing copied text or images onto a new background; embedded by adding content previously copied or cut into a designated area
3. Connected or affixed by means of an adhesive component; duplicated by placing cut or copied material onto a separate medium; incorporated by inserting copied digital or physical content into another location

Etymology: "Pasted" is the past tense of "paste," a verb meaning to fix something with glue. The verb grew out of the noun, which came into Middle English from Old French "paste" (modern "pâte," dough), itself from Late Latin "pasta," and ultimately from the ancient Greek "pastá," a barley porridge seasoned with salt. The Greek root "pássō," to sprinkle or knead, gives the sense of working a mass into a soft, sticky state. That is why the same ancestry produced both a dough and a glue. Middle English already had "pasten," meaning to make a paste of something or to bake in a pastry, so the verb existed long before anyone used it for sticking things together. The glue sense grew out of the idea of spreading a soft, pliable mixture onto a surface.

Synonyms: glue, stick, affix, fasten, gum

Antonyms: detach, separate, unstick, remove