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Meaning of paper
noun
- A sheet material used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
- A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).
- Wallpaper.
- Wrapping paper.
- (rock paper scissors) 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.
verb
- To apply paper to. Example: to paper the hallway walls
- To document; to memorialize. Example: After they reached an agreement, their staffs papered it up.
- To fill (a theatre or other paid event) with complimentary seats. Example: As the event has not sold well, we'll need to paper the house.
- To submit official papers to (a law court, etc.).
- To give public notice (typically by displaying posters) that a person is wanted by the police or other authority.
adjective
- Made of paper. Example: paper bag; paper plane
- Insubstantial (from the weakness of common paper) Example: paper tiger; paper gangster
- Planned (from plans being drawn up on paper) Example: paper rocket; paper engine
- Having a title that is merely official, or given by courtesy or convention. Example: a paper baron; a paper lord
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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