Antonyms for paste up


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : peyst-uhp
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpeɪstˌʌp


Definition of paste up

Origin :
  • 1930, from paste (v.) + up (adv.).
  • As in model : noun imitation, replica
  • As in pastiche : noun work of art formed from disparate sources
  • As in schema : noun design
  • As in design : noun sketch, draft
  • As in paper : verb line with material
Example sentences :
  • It was by no means difficult to cut out and paste up the little boxes.
  • Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
  • The workpeople grumbled very much and tried to paste up every crevice with brown paper, but they could not shut it.
  • Extract from : « Women in the Printing Trades. » by Various
  • A positive pressure of the teaspoon in pressing the paste up on the edge of the pan will remove the extra portion there.
  • Extract from : « The Laurel Health Cookery » by Evora Bucknum Perkins
  • Youll have to paste up that hole, Dot, Tess said, or something more than a sparrow will get in at your Alice-doll.
  • Extract from : « The Corner House Girls' Odd Find » by Grace Brooks Hill
  • You told me to go out and paste up these bills, and you didn't say a word about license or anything else.
  • Extract from : « Ralph Granger's Fortunes » by William Perry Brown
  • I requested her, moreover, to paste up the windows to prevent any draught blowing into the room.
  • Extract from : « The Mapleson Memoirs, vol II » by James H. Mapleson
  • And they made me sew all the time on things that was big and homely, and then another man took me and made me paste up bags.
  • Extract from : « The Turn of the Tide » by Eleanor H. Porter
  • The shopkeepers, too, paste up a "god of riches," thinking that thus they will become rich!
  • Extract from : « James Gilmour of Mongolia » by James Gilmour
  • Place a bit of preserved fruit on each one and mold the paste up around it.
  • Extract from : « Candy-Making at Home » by Mary M. Wright

Synonyms for paste up

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