Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The human head, especially the top of the head.
- noun The mind or brain.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The crown or top of the head, whether of a person or of an animal; in general, the head; the poll; the noddle: usually employed in a trivial or derogatory sense, like
noddle , etc. - noun The skin of a calf's head. Imp. Dict.
- noun Wit; cleverness; “brains”; “head.”
- noun In the fur trade, the fur from a black patch on the head of the wild rabbit.
- noun A badger.
- Weak and sickly.
- noun The flesh split obtained in splitting or leveling a side of leather.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Now generally used in contempt or ridicule. The head of a person; the top, or crown, of the head.
- noun The skin of a calf's head.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
pâté . (finely-ground paste of meat, fish, etc.) - noun The interior body, or non-
rind portion ofcheese , described by its texture, density, and color. - noun The
head , particularly the top or crown. - noun archaic Wit, cleverness, cognitive abilities.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the top of the head
- noun liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Pork roll and pate is a pretty standard banh mi ($5), but their version also throws in this Vietnamese “salami” which they import from California.
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Ramsay de Give for The Wall Street Journal The Canard Saucisson, duck sausage with a layer of country pate, is served with red wine mustard.
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I use it in pate choux all the time to get more impressive volume with a crisp texture.
Pretty Near Perfect Popovers aka TBTAM 2008
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I make a smoked marlin pate that my guests love, and it is quite like yours.
Smoked Marlin Spread 2006
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Although melted cheese works quite nicely, liver pate is not a good topping for waffles; in fact, I might even be moved to use such harsh words as nauseating and inedible.
Archive 2005-05-01 2005
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Although melted cheese works quite nicely, liver pate is not a good topping for waffles; in fact, I might even be moved to use such harsh words as nauseating and inedible.
Breakfast Memories 2005
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Once, indeed, when I was down from a blow on the pate from a Spanish axe, they rushed forward and kept my assailants at bay until rescue came.
By England's Aid Or, the Freeing of the Netherlands, 1585-1604 1867
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Whenever popular cartoonist Zapiro (Jonathan Shapiro) sketches his likeness, Zuma’s pate is faithfully anointed with a shower head
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Whenever popular cartoonist Zapiro (Jonathan Shapiro) sketches his likeness, Zuma’s pate is faithfully anointed with a shower head
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I really do enjoy liver, just haven't fixed it in years and a pate is a joy.
Liver and Sage Pate Annemarie 2009
madmouth commented on the word pate
Also the top of a bald man's head.
April 13, 2009
pikachu commented on the word pate
...and the wool of his pate shaved into queer patterns...
-Heart of Darknesss (Conrad)
March 19, 2011
bourne616 commented on the word pate
tons of meaning for this word
November 25, 2012