Past tense of paste
regular verb
The past tense of paste is pasted. The past participle is also pasted.
Forms of paste
| Base form (V1) | paste /peɪst/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | pasted |
| Past participle (V3) | pasted |
| Present participle | pasting /ˈpeɪstɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | pastes /peɪsts/ |
Pasted in a sentence
- He got up and pasted Byfield in the mouth.1943, William Saroyan, The Human Comedy, chapter 23
- Text entered at the keyboard or pasted from a clipboard is sent to the component which currently has the focus.From the entry focus
- Handwriting adds a personal touch and allays suspicion that you cut and pasted a breakup.txt file.2000, Lynn Harris, Breakup Girl to the Rescue!: A Superhero’s Guide to Love, and Lack Thereof, Back Bay Books, →ISBN, page 16. From the entry penpersonship
- Inside the Bible's cover is pasted a bookseller's label identifying the article: “A Smuggler's Bible.1966, Joseph McElroy, A Smuggler's Bible, Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., →ISBN, page 327. From the entry smuggler's bible
- Some crib notes were submitted attached to all manner of haberdashery and footwear (usually pasted on insteps).1956 May 28, “Spanish Cutlets”, in Time. From the entry crib note
Meaning of paste
- noun One of flour, fat, or similar ingredients used in making pastry.
- noun Pastry.
- noun One of pounded foods, such as fish paste, liver paste, or tomato paste.
Questions about the past tense of paste
- What is the past tense of paste?
- The past tense of paste is pasted.
- What is the past participle of paste?
- The past participle of paste is pasted.
- Is paste a regular or irregular verb?
- Paste is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: paste (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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