adj
Meaning 1
Like paste, sticky.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- These mashed potatoes aren’t cooked well; they are very pasty.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pasty
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK, US: pāst'i
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UK, US: /ˈpeɪsti/
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homophone: pastie
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rhymes with -eɪsti
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: păstʹi
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpæsti/
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Australian: pästʹi
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Australian: /ˈpɑːsti/
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rhymes with -æsti
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rhymes with -ɑːsti
adj
Meaning 2
Pale, lacking colour, having a pallor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He is pasty-faced.
- (figuratively) He was feeling pasty.
- Are you feeling OK? You look a bit pasty.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pasty-faced
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Whiteskinned.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A type of seasoned meat and vegetable hand pie, usually of a semicircular shape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Alternative spelling of pastie (“a small item of clothing that conceals little more than the nipple of a woman's breast, primarily worn by female exotic dancers”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, in-plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nipple pastie, nipple pasty
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
having the sticky properties of an adhesive
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, sticky, viscid, viscous
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
resembling paste in color; pallid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he looked pasty and red-eyed
- a complexion that had been pastelike was now chalky white
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pastelike
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
(usually used in the plural) one of a pair of adhesive patches worn to cover the nipples of exotic dancers and striptease performers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: patch
noun
Meaning 9
small meat pie or turnover
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: meat pie
Narrower terms: Cornish pasty, pork pie
History
Etymology
From paste + -y (adjectival suffix).
From Middle English paste, from Anglo-Norman paste and Old French pasté. Doublet of patty.
From paste + -y (diminutive suffix).
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: клисав (klisav) — like paste, sticky
- Dutch: pasteus — like paste, sticky
- Irish: taosach — like paste, sticky
- Polish: ciastowaty — like paste, sticky
- Polish: papkowaty — like paste, sticky
- Portuguese: pastoso — like paste, sticky
- Portuguese: pegajoso — like paste, sticky
- Portuguese: viscoso — like paste, sticky
- Spanish: pastoso — like paste, sticky
- Spanish: pegajoso — like paste, sticky
- Bulgarian: бледен (bleden) — pale, lacking colour
- Dutch: bleek — pale, lacking colour
- Finnish: kalpea — pale, lacking colour
- Polish: blady — pale, lacking colour
- Polish: ziemisty — pale, lacking colour
- Portuguese: pálido — pale, lacking colour
- Spanish: pálido — pale, lacking colour
- Spanish: opaco — pale, lacking colour
- Swedish: blek — pale, lacking colour
- Bulgarian: пастет (pastet) — a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie
- Chinese Mandarin: 餡餅 /馅饼 (xiànbǐng) — a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie
- Cornish: pasti — a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie
- Dutch: pastei — a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie
- Finnish: pasteija — a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie
- Finnish: piirakka — a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie
- Galician: empanada — a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie
- Greek: μπουρέκι (bouréki) — a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie
- Irish: pastae — a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie
- Polish: pasztecik — a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie
- Russian: пирожо́к (pirožók) — a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie
- Slovak: piroh — a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie
- Spanish: empanada — a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie
- Spanish: paste — a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie
- Welsh: pastai — a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie
- Welsh: pasten — a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie