pasty

«pasty» in Mova's school dictionary: noun (UK): A pastry case folded around a filling of meat… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a pasty, pasties — PAST-ee); adjective (pasty, pastier, pastiest — PAYST-ee)

meaning for a pupil

1) noun (UK): A pastry case folded around a filling of meat and vegetables, baked; the Cornish pasty is famous. tree →

2) adjective: (of a face or skin) Pale and unhealthy-looking, like dough. tree →

3) adjective: Like paste: thick and sticky. tree →

sense in the lessons

In UK and Cornish life, pasties are a lunch food; Cornish miners took them underground and held the thick crust edge. In stories, «a pasty face» shows someone is ill, tired or has not been outside. Phrases: «Cornish pasty», «a meat pasty», «pasty-faced», «pale and pasty».

examples

• We bought a hot Cornish pasty at the beach. tree →
• The pasty was filled with beef, potato and onion. tree →
• Tin miners used to eat pasties down the mines. tree →
• After being ill all week he looked pasty and tired. tree →
• The paint looked thick and pasty. tree →
• Gran bakes cheese and onion pasties on Saturdays. tree →
• I made the pasty according to the best rules; nothing has been left out. tree →

note

Two pronunciations: the food is PASS-tee (short a); the pale adjective is PAYS-tee (like «paste»). Plural noun: pasties. In the US, the food is less known except in Michigan; «pasties» there can also mean something else, so be careful. Comparatives: pastier, pastiest.

In the corpora

• An embarrassing truth is often funny rather than hurtful, like "the dog got the pasty before me!"

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «pasty» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.