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11 dictionary results for: pate
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pate       [peyt] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the crown or top of the head.
2.the head.
3.the brain.

[Origin: 1275–1325; ME, < ?]
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pâte       [paht] Pronunciation Key
–noun
porcelain paste used in ceramic work.

[Origin: 1860–65; < F; see paste]
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pâ·té       [pah-tey, pa‑; Fr. pah-tey, pa‑] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -tés       [teyz; Fr. tey] Pronunciation Key,
1.French Cookery. a paste or spread made of puréed or finely chopped liver, meat, fish, game, etc., served as an hors d'oeuvre.
2.foie gras.

[Origin: 1695–1705; < F; see paste, -ee]
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paste 1       (pāst)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A soft, smooth, thick mixture or material, as:
    1. A smooth viscous mixture, as of flour and water or of starch and water, that is used as an adhesive for joining light materials, such as paper and cloth.
    2. The moist clay or clay mixture used in making porcelain or pottery. Also called pâte.
    3. A smooth dough of water, flour, and butter or other shortening, used in making pastry.
    4. A food that has been pounded until it is reduced to a smooth creamy mass: anchovy paste.
    5. A sweet doughy candy or confection: rolled apricot paste.
    6. A hard, brilliant, lead-containing glass used in making artificial gems.
    7. A gem made of this glass. Also called strass.
    1. A hard, brilliant, lead-containing glass used in making artificial gems.
    2. A gem made of this glass. Also called strass.

v.   past·ed, past·ing, pastes

v.   tr.
  1. To cause to adhere by or as if by applying paste.
  2. To cover with something by or as if by pasting: He pasted the wall with burlap. The wall is pasted with splotches.
  3. Computer Science To insert (text, graphics, or other data) into a document or file.

v.   intr.
Computer Science To insert text, graphics, or other data into a document or file.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin pasta, from Greek, barley-porridge, from neuter pl. of pastos, sprinkled, salted, from passein, to sprinkle; see kwēt- in Indo-European roots.]

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pate       (pāt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The human head, especially the top of the head: a bald pate.
  2. The mind or brain.


[Middle English.]

pat'ed (pā'tĭd) adj.
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pâte       (pät)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   See paste1.


[French, from Old French paste, paste; see paste1.]

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pâ·té       (pä-tā')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A meat paste, such as pâté de foie gras.
  2. A small pastry filled with meat or fish.


[French, from Old French paste, paste, pâté; see paste1.]

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pate  (1)
"top of the head," 1197, perhaps a shortened form of O.Fr. patene or M.L. patena, both from L. patina "pan, dish."

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pate  (2)
"paste," 1706, from Fr. pâté, from O.Fr. paste, earlier pastée, from paste (see paste (n.)). Pâté de foie gras (1827) is lit. "pie of fat liver;" originally served in a pastry (as still in Alsace), the phrase now chiefly in Eng. with ref. to the filling.

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pate

noun
1. liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned 
2. the top of the head 

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Pate

Pate\, n. [Cf. LG. & Prov. G. pattkopf, patzkopf, scabby head; patt, patz, scab + kopf head.]

1. The head of a person; the top, or crown, of the head. [Now generally used in contempt or ridicule.]

His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. --Ps. vii. 16.

Fat paunches have lean pate. --Shak.

2. The skin of a calf's head.

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