I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
fish paste (= a smooth food, made by crushing fish )
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She spread some fish paste on fresh bread.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
smooth
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Mix a little flour with some water to make a smooth paste . 7.
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With machine running, slowly add oil to form a smooth paste .
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These sausages sometimes contain nuts or garlic which give extra texture to an otherwise smooth paste .
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Mix to a smooth paste , then add to the cream cheese and beat well.
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Beat with hand mixer until mixture resembles a somewhat smooth paste .
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Liquidise a large, raw carrot to a smooth paste , or boil or steam the carrot then mash it thoroughly.
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Pound or whizz the whole mixture to a very smooth paste .
thick
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Gradually add the oil, blending to a thick paste . 2.
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Simmer over medium-low heat, stirring often, until liquid evaporates, leaving a thick paste .
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Add flour and stir to form a thick paste .
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Reduce cooking liquid over high heat to l / 4 cup, about 2 minutes; it will be a thick paste .
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Let sit for 15 minutes until it forms a thick paste .
■ NOUN
almond
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Take a piece of the almond paste and flatten it in the palm of your hand.
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If cooking by microwave the surface may appear sticky. 5 Mix the almond paste Mix sugars and almonds together.
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Simnel means fine flour and the cake is densely packed with almond paste , currants, citrus peel and spices.
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Peel and stone fresh dates, stuff with almond paste flavoured with a little coffee and rum, then roll in ground almonds.
tomato
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A world devoid of tomato soup, tomato sauce, tomato ketchup and tomato paste is hard to visualize.
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Stir in tomato paste and tarragon.
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Lacking fresh tomatoes and meat we tried to compensate by piling tomato paste into all our stews and soups and sauces.
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Stir browned onions, molasses, mustard, tomato paste , cloves and cinnamon into beans.
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In a bowl, combine the red pepper, yoghurt, ketchup, tomato paste and Worcester sauce.
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Add beer, tomatoes , and tomato paste and bring to a boil.
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So, for a start, be miserly about tomato paste in meat sauces for pasta.
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Stir in rice, tomatoes with their liquid, tomato paste , water, cumin and chiles.
■ VERB
form
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Method: Mix the essential oil into the almond oil and stir into the other ingredients to form a paste .
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Add mint and fete cheese and process to form a paste .
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Mix the flour with a little of the milk to form a paste .
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With machine running, slowly add oil to form a smooth paste .
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Mix, adding some clarified butter to form a firm paste .
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Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly while mixture forms a paste .
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To make the sauce, mix the flour with a little of the milk until it forms a paste .
make
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Mix the flour and milk powder together with a little water to make a thin paste .
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Beat in the icing sugar to make a stiff paste .
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Mix a little flour with some water to make a smooth paste . 7.
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The remedy can even be made into a paste and applied directly to the sting.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He made a paste of mud and water.
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Mix the flour in just enough milk to make a smooth paste .
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Pound the ingredients together into a smooth paste .
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Tahini is a paste made from ground sesame seeds.
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tomato paste
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Apply paste car wax to front of refrigerator and buff to a shine.
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I found the pages devoted to soy pastes and fish sauces particularly useful.
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Simmer over medium-low heat, stirring often, until liquid evaporates, leaving a thick paste .
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Stir in rice, tomatoes with their liquid, tomato paste , water, cumin and chiles.
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With machine running, slowly add oil to form a smooth paste .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
cut
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My husband cut the woodchip and pasted it.
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Warren has cut and pasted this material to both compelling and disappointing effect.
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Those design drawings you needed to talk over with colleagues can be cut and pasted directly from whatever programs you're using.
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I excerpted, deleted, Xeroxed, cut , pasted , and rewrote.
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Information can be cut and pasted from one window to another.
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Some people cut and paste on the computer or simply ink in arrows: You can also use columns for your list.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Florida State pasted South Carolina 59-0.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And so I am pasted to this leaning morass, observing the simplest of equations.
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He pasted it into his socialist scrapbook.
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The countryside then was so changeless t might have been a picture pasted against the window.
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The face itself was disbelieving, the stark pasted brows looped high over his pale eyes.
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Use the special adhesive recommended to hang grasscloth, and paste the paper backing.
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You can make planes out of it, paste it on walls and windows, color it or use it for bookmarks.