--- title: P — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 11 description: The 1498 words of the English dictionary under P, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / P # P — The English dictionary · page 11 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* Having or showing very strong feelings, such as love, anger or excitement.[↗](../../passionate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Very keen on or interested in something: «passionate about football».[↗](../../passionate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She is passionate about protecting animals.[↗](../../passionate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He gave a passionate speech about saving the rainforest.[↗](../../passionate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad was passionate about every new hobby.[↗](../../passionate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The fans were passionate supporters of their team.[↗](../../passionate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My teacher is passionate about poetry.[↗](../../passionate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · They had a passionate argument about the rules.[↗](../../passionate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Martin said that Jurgen was certainly passionate, but a good fellow after all.[↗](../../passionate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **passionately** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* With very strong feeling or enthusiasm.[↗](../../passionately/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "She spoke passionately about animals."[↗](../../passionately/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Very much, deeply.[↗](../../passionately/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "He passionately believes in fairness."[↗](../../passionately/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* With strong love (in stories and songs).[↗](../../passionately/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She spoke passionately about saving the rainforest.[↗](../../passionately/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He passionately believes that every child should read.[↗](../../passionately/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The fans cheered passionately for their team.[↗](../../passionately/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Gran passionately loves her garden.[↗](../../passionately/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The class argued passionately about school uniforms.[↗](../../passionately/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The singer sang passionately, with her eyes closed.[↗](../../passionately/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A good man had a beautiful wife, whom he loved passionately, and never left if possible.[↗](../../passionately/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **passive** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Passive means letting things happen to you without acting, reacting or taking part: «a passive audience».[↗](../../passive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (grammar) The passive, or passive voice, is a way of making a sentence where the thing that something is done to comes first: «The window was broken by Sam», instead of the active «Sam broke the window».[↗](../../passive/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Passive smoking means breathing in smoke from other people's cigarettes.[↗](../../passive/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (science) Passive means working without extra power or effort, like a «passive house» that stays warm with no heaters.[↗](../../passive/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «The cake was eaten by the dog» is in the passive.[↗](../../passive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Rewrite the sentence in the passive voice.[↗](../../passive/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In science reports we write «The water was heated».[↗](../../passive/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't just be passive — join in the discussion\![↗](../../passive/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Passive smoking can harm children's lungs.[↗](../../passive/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She gave a passive-aggressive smile and said «Fine».[↗](../../passive/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Watching TV is passive; building a model is active.[↗](../../passive/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The first is clearly the root שָׁכַב shakhav ‘to lie, lie down’, but שכובה looks like a passive participle, shekhuvah, while shakhav is normally an intransitive verb not amenable to being made passive.[↗](../../passive/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../passive/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Three Mothers, Aleph, Mem and Shin, are a great Mystery, very admirable and most recondite, and sealed as with six rings; and from them proceed Air, Fire, and Water, which divide into active and passive forces.[↗](../../passive/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../passive/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **passover** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Judaism) Passover is a Jewish spring festival that remembers how God freed the Israelites from slavery in Egypt; families share a special meal called the Seder.[↗](../../passover/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Bible) The Passover was the night in Exodus when the angel of death "passed over" the Israelites' houses marked with lamb's blood.[↗](../../passover/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Rachel's family eats matzah all through Passover.[↗](../../passover/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The youngest child asks, "Why is this night different?" at Passover.[↗](../../passover/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Israelites marked their doors before the Passover.[↗](../../passover/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Jesus went to Jerusalem for the Passover.[↗](../../passover/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We tasted bitter herbs when we learned about Passover.[↗](../../passover/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Passover lasts seven or eight days.[↗](../../passover/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Let the children of Israel keep the passover in its appointed season.[↗](../../passover/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.9.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../passover/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses spoke unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover.[↗](../../passover/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.9.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../passover/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is the LORD'S passover.[↗](../../passover/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.28.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../passover/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.[↗](../../passover/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.35.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../passover/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this passover kept to the LORD in Jerusalem.[↗](../../passover/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.23.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../passover/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month.[↗](../../passover/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EZR.6.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../passover/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **passport** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An official small book from your country's government with your photo, name and date of birth, that you show when you travel to other countries.[↗](../../passport/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Something that helps you get or reach something: «a passport to success».[↗](../../passport/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* You need a passport to fly to another country.[↗](../../passport/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My passport photo looks funny.[↗](../../passport/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We showed our passports at passport control.[↗](../../passport/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep your passport in a safe place on holiday.[↗](../../passport/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Babies need passports too.[↗](../../passport/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Hard work is a passport to success.[↗](../../passport/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He has not shown his passport!’[↗](../../passport/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **password** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A password is a secret word or set of letters, numbers and symbols you must type to use a computer, app or account.[↗](../../password/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A password is a secret word you must say to be allowed into a place, like a den or club.[↗](../../password/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Never tell your friends your password.[↗](../../password/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Type your password to log in.[↗](../../password/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A strong password has letters, numbers and symbols.[↗](../../password/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Password123» is a very weak password.[↗](../../password/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I forgot my password, so I had to reset it.[↗](../../password/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · To get into our den, you have to say the password.[↗](../../password/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Change your password if someone might know it.[↗](../../password/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "Do not let anyone in, unless he gives you this password: 'Down with the Wolf and all his race!'"[↗](../../password/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **past** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The past is time that has gone, before now.[↗](../../past/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Past (preposition) means going by something: he walked past the shop.[↗](../../past/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In telling time, past means after the hour: «Half past three» is 3:30.[↗](../../past/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Past (adjective) means just gone: the past week.[↗](../../past/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Past also means beyond: past midnight, past the bridge.[↗](../../past/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It is half past 2.[↗](../../past/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bus came 20 minutes past 8.[↗](../../past/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the past 3 days she read 60 pages.[↗](../../past/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He walked past 5 houses.[↗](../../past/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the past, people wrote with feather pens.[↗](../../past/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It's past your bedtime\![↗](../../past/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · «Ran» is the past tense of «run».[↗](../../past/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Quarter past ten is 10:15.[↗](../../past/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Go past the church and turn left.[↗](../../past/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Suddenly there rode past another horseman.[↗](../../past/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And this is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee thither and live: whoso killeth his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in time past; (Torah DEU.19.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../past/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · that the manslayer might flee thither, that slayeth his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in time past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live: (Torah DEU.4.42, JPS 1917)[↗](../../past/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke unto the house of Pharaoh, saying: 'If now I have found favour in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying: (Torah GEN.50.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../past/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · His discernment is past searching out.[↗](../../past/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.40.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../past/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Who doeth great things past finding out; yea, marvellous things without number.[↗](../../past/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.9.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../past/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; (Writings SNG.2.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../past/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **pasta** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Pasta is a food made from flour, water and sometimes egg, made into shapes like spaghetti, macaroni or penne and boiled before eating.[↗](../../pasta/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A pasta can also mean a dish made with pasta, like a pasta bake.[↗](../../pasta/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had pasta with tomato sauce for dinner.[↗](../../pasta/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Spaghetti and macaroni are kinds of pasta.[↗](../../pasta/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Pasta grows soft when you boil it.[↗](../../pasta/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum drained the pasta in the sink.[↗](../../pasta/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We counted dried pasta shapes in maths.[↗](../../pasta/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My favourite is cheesy pasta bake.[↗](../../pasta/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Pasta is a good source of energy.[↗](../../pasta/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The pasta stuck together because there was too little water.[↗](../../pasta/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **paste** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Paste is a soft, thick, wet mixture that you can spread, such as glue paste or tomato paste.[↗](../../paste/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Toothpaste is a paste for cleaning teeth.[↗](../../paste/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To paste something is to stick it onto something else with glue.[↗](../../paste/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* On a computer, to paste is to put text or a picture that you copied or cut into a new place.[↗](../../paste/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Paste can also mean the dough that is rolled out to make pies and tarts.[↗](../../paste/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We used flour and water to make a paste for our papier-mâché.[↗](../../paste/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Squeeze a pea-sized amount of toothpaste onto your brush.[↗](../../paste/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Paste the picture into your scrapbook.[↗](../../paste/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Select the sentence, copy it, then paste it into your story.[↗](../../paste/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum stirred tomato paste into the sauce.[↗](../../paste/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grind the nuts until they become a smooth paste.[↗](../../paste/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't copy and paste work from the internet and call it your own.[↗](../../paste/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **pasteboard** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Pasteboard is thick, stiff paper or card, like the card used for boxes.[↗](../../pasteboard/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We made a box from pasteboard.[↗](../../pasteboard/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cover of the book was stiff pasteboard.[↗](../../pasteboard/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The floor was as white and shiny as pasteboard.[↗](../../pasteboard/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **pasteurisation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Pasteurisation is heating milk, juice or other food to a set temperature for a short time to kill harmful germs, then cooling it quickly.[↗](../../pasteurisation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It is named after the French scientist Louis Pasteur, who showed that tiny microbes make food go bad and cause disease.[↗](../../pasteurisation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Pasteurisation kills harmful bacteria in milk.[↗](../../pasteurisation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Most milk in shops has gone through pasteurisation.[↗](../../pasteurisation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Louis Pasteur discovered the idea behind pasteurisation.[↗](../../pasteurisation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Pasteurised juice keeps longer than freshly squeezed juice.[↗](../../pasteurisation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Pregnant women are often told to avoid unpasteurised cheese.[↗](../../pasteurisation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In one common method, milk is heated to about 72 °C for 15 seconds.[↗](../../pasteurisation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our science poster showed the steps of pasteurisation.[↗](../../pasteurisation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **pasteurise** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To heat a drink or food, like milk or juice, to a set temperature for a short time to kill harmful germs, then cool it.[↗](../../pasteurise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Milk is pasteurised to kill harmful bacteria.[↗](../../pasteurise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Louis Pasteur showed how heating could stop germs.[↗](../../pasteurise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The factory pasteurises the apple juice before bottling it.[↗](../../pasteurise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Pregnant women are told to avoid some unpasteurised cheeses.[↗](../../pasteurise/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Pasteurising does not boil the milk.[↗](../../pasteurise/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We learnt how farmers pasteurise milk in science.[↗](../../pasteurise/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pasteurised** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (of milk, juice, cheese or eggs) Heated for a short time to kill harmful germs, then cooled.[↗](../../pasteurised/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Past tense of pasteurise.[↗](../../pasteurised/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This carton says «pasteurised whole milk».[↗](../../pasteurised/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cheese is made with pasteurised milk.[↗](../../pasteurised/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Pasteurised eggs are safer in homemade mayonnaise.[↗](../../pasteurised/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The juice was pasteurised to make it last longer.[↗](../../pasteurised/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Raw milk is milk that has not been pasteurised.[↗](../../pasteurised/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Most milk in shops is pasteurised.[↗](../../pasteurised/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pastime** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Something you enjoy doing in your free time, such as a hobby, game or sport.[↗](../../pastime/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Reading is my favourite pastime.[↗](../../pastime/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Fishing is a popular pastime in Ireland.[↗](../../pastime/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Baseball is called America's national pastime.[↗](../../pastime/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Victorian children's pastimes included hoops and marbles.[↗](../../pastime/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma's pastime is knitting.[↗](../../pastime/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Drawing comics is a fun pastime on rainy days.[↗](../../pastime/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Another favorite pastime of Kintaro’s was to smash up rocks and stones.[↗](../../pastime/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **pastor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church) A pastor is a Christian minister who leads a church and cares for its people, especially in Protestant churches.[↗](../../pastor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (rare) To pastor a church is to be its pastor.[↗](../../pastor/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pastor gave a talk about forgiveness.[↗](../../pastor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Pastor Jones visited Grandma in hospital.[↗](../../pastor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our youth pastor runs the Friday club.[↗](../../pastor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The word «pastor» means shepherd.[↗](../../pastor/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Martin Luther King Jr. was a pastor in Alabama.[↗](../../pastor/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The pastor baptised the new members.[↗](../../pastor/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The pastor said a prayer before the meal.[↗](../../pastor/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The son of the village pastor was tutor at the mansion.[↗](../../pastor/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **pastoral** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Pastoral means about the countryside, farms and shepherds, and the simple life of country people.[↗](../../pastoral/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (church use) A pastoral staff is a long stick carried by a bishop as a sign of office.[↗](../../pastoral/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The poem described a pastoral scene of sheep on green hills.[↗](../../pastoral/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmers lived a quiet pastoral life.[↗](../../pastoral/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bishop carried a pastoral staff.[↗](../../pastoral/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **pastry** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pastry is a small baked sweet food made with dough, like a croissant, a Danish or a tart.[↗](../../pastry/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Pastry is the dough made of flour, fat and water that is used for pies and tarts.[↗](../../pastry/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The baker made 140 pastries.[↗](../../pastry/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He sold 103 pastries.[↗](../../pastry/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many pastries did he have left?[↗](../../pastry/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many more pastries than cakes did he sell?[↗](../../pastry/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I had a pastry with my hot chocolate.[↗](../../pastry/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Roll the pastry out thin for the pie.[↗](../../pastry/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The pastry chef makes cream puffs.[↗](../../pastry/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Puff pastry has lots of thin layers.[↗](../../pastry/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · A sausage roll is wrapped in pastry.[↗](../../pastry/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The pastry shop smelled of butter.[↗](../../pastry/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · But just as the Country Mouse was about to nibble a dainty bit of pastry, she heard a Cat mew loudly and scratch at the door.[↗](../../pastry/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **pasture** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pasture is a field of grass where cows, sheep, horses or other animals graze.[↗](../../pasture/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To pasture animals is to put them in a field to eat the grass.[↗](../../pasture/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (figurative) «Pastures new» or «greener pastures» means a new place or job that might be better.[↗](../../pasture/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (Bible) In Psalm 23, «He maketh me to lie down in green pastures» is a picture of God caring for people like a shepherd.[↗](../../pasture/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cows are grazing in the pasture.[↗](../../pasture/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer moved the sheep to a fresh pasture.[↗](../../pasture/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «He makes me lie down in green pastures,» says Psalm 23.[↗](../../pasture/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · After ten years at the school, our teacher left for pastures new.[↗](../../pasture/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The old horse was put out to pasture.[↗](../../pasture/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Pasture land covers much of New Zealand.[↗](../../pasture/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Soon he found life in the pasture very dull.[↗](../../pasture/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And they said unto Pharaoh: 'To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for thy servants' flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan.[↗](../../pasture/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.47.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pasture/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · For the LORD despoileth their pasture.[↗](../../pasture/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.25.36, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pasture/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Why doth Thine anger smoke against the flock of Thy pasture?[↗](../../pasture/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.74.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pasture/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The pastures of the wilderness do drop; and the hills are girded with joy.[↗](../../pasture/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.65.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pasture/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **pasty** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* noun (UK).[↗](../../pasty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* A pastry case folded around a filling of meat and vegetables, baked; the Cornish pasty is famous.[↗](../../pasty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* adjective: (of a face or skin) Pale and unhealthy-looking, like dough.[↗](../../pasty/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* adjective: Like paste: thick and sticky.[↗](../../pasty/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We bought a hot Cornish pasty at the beach.[↗](../../pasty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The pasty was filled with beef, potato and onion.[↗](../../pasty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tin miners used to eat pasties down the mines.[↗](../../pasty/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · After being ill all week he looked pasty and tired.[↗](../../pasty/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The paint looked thick and pasty.[↗](../../pasty/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Gran bakes cheese and onion pasties on Saturdays.[↗](../../pasty/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I made the pasty according to the best rules; nothing has been left out.[↗](../../pasty/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) … [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/10/) **11** [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/12/) … [77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/77/) - ← previous: [page 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/10/) - next →: [page 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/12/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)