noun
definition
(somewhat obsolete) The head, particularly the top or crown.
example
He had a shiny, bald pate.
definition
Wit, cleverness, cognitive abilities.
Examples of pate in a Sentence
Small salads and vegetable dishes, pate, or charcuterie begin the meal.
I'm going to get some of that pate, anybody want anything?
With his bald pate, he looked like his head had been put on upside down.
Seamus also likes a yeast spread, or mushroom pate spread on.
Its diaphanous, pearl-grey glaze, uniform, lustrous and finely crackled, overlying encaustic decoration in white slip, the fineness of its warm reddish pate, and the general excellence of its technique, have always commanded admiration.
He cannot, like them, cover the greater part of a specimens surface with a lacework of transparent decoration, exciting wonder that pate deprived so greatly of continuity could have been manipulated without accident.
In other respects the Hirado factories do not produce wares nearly so beautiful as those manufactured there between 1759 and 1840, when the Hirado-yakz stood at the head of all Japanese porcelain on account of its pure, close-grained pate, its lustrous milk-white glaze, and the soft clear blue of its carefully executed decoration.
It was towards the end of /magin- thei 8th century that Rumanian literature began to emanci pate itself, very slowly of course, and to start on a career o f Litera- its own in poetry and belles lettres.
They seemed to contain alfalfa and some kind of pate; mushroom perhaps, or ground nuts.
House Pate Smooth chicken liver and garlic pate, served with tangy red onion chutney on a bed of green leaves with wholemeal toast.
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Fortunately Johnny Pate's arrangements are so scintillating and Curtis ' unique soaring falsetto so alluring that even the old chestnuts sound great.
Goose and duck farms produce foie gras, which is then sold fresh or made into pate and terrines.
Gourmet food store offers fresh pate de foie gras, goose foie gras.
If the pate is too dry, add a little olive oil and blend again.
To make the pate I put four filets of smoked mackerel in the food processor.
The Reverend Sydney Smith defined his idea of heaven as ` ` eating pate de foie gras to the sound of trumpets ' ' .
I would I had, so I had broke thy pate And askt thee mercy for't Laf.
How would my balding pate cope with the hood down?
Serve this wine chilled with fresh pate, fresh fruit for dessert or ripened soft cheeses.
It 's going to go well with parma ham, saucisson sec, ardene pate and fresh white chunks of bread coated in butter.
He pushed his hood back to reveal a shaven pate to which clung an augmentation like a huge crystal slug.
Cassoulet and pate de foie gras hail from this area.
The oldest athlete in the history of the Games was Sam Pate, a bowler in the 2005 Senior Games.
The pastry used for cream puffs is known as pate choux, or choux pastry.
Chill the bowl and beaters that you will be using to whip the cream while the pate choux is being prepared.
Start the evening with homemade liver pate and then try the sauerbraten (sliced roast beef that has been marinated and served with an array of sides).
The chief of the former is faience, having light grey, close Izumc pate and yellow or straw-colored glaze, with or without erwle to which is applied decoration in gold and green enamel.
By careful selection and preparation of pate, glaze and pigments, Dr Wagener proved not only that the manufacture was reasonably feasible, but also that decoration thus applied to pottery possesses unique delicacy and softness.
In 1850 a half-pay officer, named Pate, assaulted the queen by striking her with a stick, and crushing her bonnet.