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pasty pasty definition

pasty


 
  Grep  of  noun  pasty 
  cornish  pasty 
  pasty 
 
  Overview  of  noun  pasty 
 
  The  noun  pasty  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  pasty  --  (small  meat  pie  or  turnover) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  pasty 
 
  The  adj  pasty  has  2  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  pasty,  pastelike  --  (resembling  paste  in  color;  pallid;  "the  looked  pasty  and  red-eyed";  "a  complexion  that  had  been  pastelike  was  now  chalky  white") 
  2.  (1)  gluey,  glutinous,  gummy,  mucilaginous,  pasty,  sticky,  viscid,  viscous  --  (having  the  properties  of  glue) 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  pasty 
 
  2  senses  of  pasty 
 
  Sense  1 
  pasty,  pastelike 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  colorless)  ->  colorful,  colourful 
 
  Sense  2 
  gluey,  glutinous,  gummy,  mucilaginous,  pasty,  sticky,  viscid,  viscous 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  adhesive)  ->  nonadhesive 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  pasty 
 
  2  senses  of  pasty 
 
  Sense  1 
  pasty,  pastelike 
  =>  colorless  (vs.  colorful),  colourless 
 
  Sense  2 
  gluey,  glutinous,  gummy,  mucilaginous,  pasty,  sticky,  viscid,  viscous 
  =>  adhesive  (vs.  nonadhesive) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  pasty 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  pasty 
 
  pasty  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  pasty 
  pasty 
 
  Overview  of  noun  pasty 
 
  The  noun  pasty  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  pasty  --  (small  meat  pie  or  turnover) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  pasty 
 
  The  adj  pasty  has  2  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  pasty,  pastelike  --  (resembling  paste  in  color;  pallid;  "the  looked  pasty  and  red-eyed";  "a  complexion  that  had  been  pastelike  was  now  chalky  white") 
  2.  (1)  gluey,  glutinous,  gummy,  mucilaginous,  pasty,  sticky,  viscid,  viscous  --  (having  the  properties  of  glue) 



pasty definition