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• noun
  1. 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.
  2. A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).
  3. Wallpaper.
  4. Wrapping paper.
  5. (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.
  6. A written document, generally shorter than a book (white paper, term paper), in particular one written for the Government.
  7. 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).
  8. A scholastic essay.
  9. A set of examination questions to be answered at one session.
  10. Money.
  11. A university course.
  12. A paper packet containing a quantity of items.
  13. A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application.
  14. A substance resembling paper secreted by certain invertebrates as protection for their nests and eggs.
  15. Free passes of admission to a theatre, etc.
  16. (by extension) The people admitted by free passes.
  17. Official documents or identification, as a passport.
  18. A collection of documents, unpublished writing or correspondence in an archive or library collection.
• verb
  1. To apply paper to.
  2. To document; to memorialize.
  3. To fill (a theatre or other paid event) with complimentary seats.
  4. To submit official papers to (a law court, etc.).
  5. To give public notice (typically by displaying posters) that a person is wanted by the police or other authority.
  6. To sandpaper.
  7. To enfold in paper.
  8. To paste the endpapers and flyleaves at the beginning and end of a book before fitting it into its covers.

• She organized her papers into neat folders for easy access during the presentation.
• The professor assigned several research papers due by the end of the semester.
• After searching for hours, he finally found the important papers he thought he had lost.
• The papers in the stack included old bills and important documents that needed to be filed.
• The lawyer reviewed the papers thoroughly before presenting the case in court.

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