baste
1- to sew with long, loose stitches, as in temporarily tacking together pieces of a garment while it is being made.
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1baste
2- to moisten (meat or other food) while cooking, with drippings, butter, etc.
- liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking: a baste of sherry and pan juices.
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2baste
3- to beat with a stick; thrash; cudgel.
- to denounce or scold vigorously: an editorial basting the candidate for irresponsible statements.
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3Related Words for basted
grease, season, drip, lard, catch, fasten, tack, stitch, blister, drub, beat, pelt, trounce, scold, clobber, berate, club, revile, batter, lambasteExamples from the Web for basted
Historical Examples of basted
Nothing of all they have is sewn on; everything is basted or pinned.
The Nabob, Volume 1 (of 2)Alphonse Daudet
The basted hems should then be sewed with the hemming-stitch.
Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural SchoolsMinistry of Education Ontario
The patch and the cloth should be basted together and hemmed.
Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural SchoolsMinistry of Education Ontario
The hem should be basted and stitched with the hemming-stitch.
Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural SchoolsMinistry of Education Ontario
The bias strip should be basted on and sewn with a running-stitch.
Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural SchoolsMinistry of Education Ontario
baste
1- (tr) to sew with loose temporary stitches
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baste
2- to moisten (meat) during cooking with hot fat and the juices produced
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baste
3- (tr) to beat thoroughly; thrash
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Word Origin and History for basted
baste
baste
"sew together loosely," c.1400, from Old French bastir "build, construct, sew up (a garment), baste, make, prepare, arrange" (12c., Modern French bâtir "to build"), probably from a Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *bastjan "join together with bast" (cf. Old High German besten; see bast).
baste
"to soak in gravy, moisten," late 14c., of unknown origin, possibly from Old French basser "to moisten, soak," from bassin "basin" (see basin). Related: Basted; basting.