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PASTY
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Irregular inflected forms: pastier , pastiest
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(usually used in the plural) one of a pair of adhesive patches worn to cover the nipples of exotic dancers and striptease performers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pasty" is a kind of...):
patch (a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Small meat pie or turnover
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("pasty" is a kind of...):
meat pie (pie made with meat or fowl enclosed in pastry or covered with pastry or biscuit dough)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pasty"):
Cornish pasty (meat pie with filling of meat and vegetables)
pork pie (small pie filled with minced seasoned pork)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the sticky properties of an adhesive
Synonyms:
gluey; glutinous; gummy; mucilaginous; pasty; sticky; viscid; viscous
Classified under:
Similar:
adhesive (tending to adhere)
Derivation:
paste (an adhesive made from water and flour or starch; used on paper and paperboard)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Resembling paste in color; pallid
Example:
a complexion that had been pastelike was now chalky white
Synonyms:
pastelike; pasty
Classified under:
Similar:
colorless; colourless (weak in color; not colorful)
Derivation:
paste (an adhesive made from water and flour or starch; used on paper and paperboard)
