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- 1 Made of paper. not-comparable
"At twilight in the summer[…]the mice come out. They[…]eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkly, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly[…]on the floor."
- 2 Insubstantial (from the weakness of common paper) not-comparable
"paper gangster"
- 3 Planned (from plans being drawn up on paper) not-comparable
"paper engine, rocket"
- 4 Having a title that is merely official, or given by courtesy or convention. not-comparable
"a paper lord"
- 1 A sheet material typically used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water. countable, uncountable
"Draw on the paper! Not on the walls!"
- 2 the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher wordnet
- 3 Ellipsis of newspaper; anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine). abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
"Read all about it in this morning's paper!"
- 4 a medium for written communication wordnet
- 5 Ellipsis of wallpaper. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
"The paperhangers had just finished hanging the paper in the dining room when the interior decorator walked in and exclaimed that it was the wrong color."
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- 6 a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements wordnet
- 7 Ellipsis of wrapping paper. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
"In those days, you asked the butcher for a block of cheese, and he wrapped it up in paper for you."
- 8 a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses wordnet
- 9 An open hand (a handshape resembling a sheet of paper), that beats rock and loses to scissors. It loses to lizard and beats Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock. countable, uncountable
- 10 an essay (especially one written as an assignment) wordnet
- 11 A written document, generally shorter than a book; usually written as a school assignment or a government report. countable, uncountable
"Near-synonym: report"
- 12 a business firm that publishes newspapers wordnet
- 13 A written document that reports scientific or academic research and is usually subjected to peer review before publication in a scientific journal (as a journal article or the manuscript for one) or in the proceedings of a scientific or academic meeting (such as a conference, workshop, or symposium). countable, uncountable
"Their team published a paper in the leading journal of their field, and its widespread impact elevated the reputation of their university department."
- 14 a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses wordnet
- 15 A set of examination questions to be answered at one session. British, Hong-Kong, countable, uncountable
- 16 Money. countable, slang, uncountable
- 17 Any financial assets other than specie, including paper money, commercial paper, and others. uncountable
"Why might not a Government annuity, the Principal of which was originally invested in Paper since the Cash suspension in 1797, be constituted the guarantee of Paper Money, emendating from that investiture and suspension, and the Parliament authority transferred to its security, as it has been to its creation, in preference to all others, while Paper continues our general Medium."
- 18 A university course. New-Zealand, countable, uncountable
"a paper in ology"
- 19 A paper packet containing a quantity of items. countable, uncountable
"a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc."
- 20 A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application. countable, uncountable
"cantharides paper"
- 21 A substance resembling paper secreted by certain invertebrates as protection for their nests and eggs. countable, uncountable
- 22 Free passes of admission to a theatre, etc. countable, dated, uncountable
- 23 The people admitted by free passes. broadly, countable, dated, uncountable
- 1 To apply paper to. transitive
"to paper the hallway walls"
- 2 cover with wallpaper wordnet
- 3 To document; to memorialize. transitive
"After they reached an agreement, their staffs papered it up."
- 4 cover with paper wordnet
- 5 To fill (a theatre or other paid event) with complimentary seats. transitive
"Later, seat-filling or “papering” services cropped up, with organizations like Audience Extras, Play-by-Play,[…]"
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- 6 To submit official papers to (a law court, etc.). transitive
"As powerhouse lawyers shuttled to Cuba to meet clients and papered the federal courts with habeas corpus petitions, Guantanamo's isolation and lack of publicity, once the military's most powerful psychological weapon, was eliminated."
- 7 To give public notice (typically by displaying posters) that a person is wanted by the police or other authority. transitive
- 8 To sandpaper. transitive
- 9 To enfold in paper. transitive
- 10 To paste the endpapers and flyleaves at the beginning and end of a book before fitting it into its covers.
- 11 To cover someone's house with toilet paper. Otherwise known as toilet papering or TPing. Northeastern, US
Etymology
From Middle English paper, from Anglo-Norman paper, from Old Catalan paper, borrowed from Latin papȳrus (and given the Catalan suffix -er), from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).
From Middle English paper, from Anglo-Norman paper, from Old Catalan paper, borrowed from Latin papȳrus (and given the Catalan suffix -er), from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).
From Middle English paper, from Anglo-Norman paper, from Old Catalan paper, borrowed from Latin papȳrus (and given the Catalan suffix -er), from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).
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