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Baste Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Baste?
[n] loose temporary stitches
[v] cover with liquid before cooking; "baste a roast" [v] sew together loosely, with large stitches; "baste a hem" [v] strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her" Synonyms | Synonyms for Baste: basting | batter | clobber | tack | tacking Related Terms | Find terms related to Baste: bake | bang | barbecue | bastinado | batter | bawl out | beat | belabor | belt | berate | birch | blanch | boil | braise | brew | broil | brown | buffet | cane | chew out | clobber | club | coddle | cook | cowhide | cudgel | curry | cut | devil | do | do to perfection | drub | fire | flagellate | flail | flap | flog | fricassee | frizz | frizzle | fry | fustigate | give a whipping | give the stick | griddle | grill | hammer | heat | horsewhip | knock | knout | lace | lambaste | larrup | lash | lay on | maul | mill | oven-bake | pan | pan-broil | parboil | paste | patter | pelt | pistol-whip | poach | pommel | pound | prepare | prepare food | pulverize | pummel | rail | rap | rawhide | roast | saute | scallop | scourge | sear | shirr | simmer | sledgehammer | smite | spank | steam | stew | stir-fry | strap | stripe | swinge | switch | tell off | thrash | thresh | thump | toast | tongue-lash | trounce | truncheon | wallop | whale | whip | whop | wig See Also | beat | beat up | cook | dampen | moisten | run up | sew | sew together | stitch | stitch | wash | work over Baste In Webster's Dictionary \Baste\ (b[=a]st), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Basted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Basting}.] [Cf. Icel. beysta to strike, powder; Sw.
basa to beat with a rod: perh. akin to E. beat.]
1. To beat with a stick; to cudgel.
One man was basted by the keeper for carrying some
people over on his back through the waters. --Pepys.
2. (Cookery) To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or
fat on, as on meat in roasting.
3. To mark with tar, as sheep. [Prov. Eng.]
\Baste\, v. t. [OE. basten, OF. bastir, F. b?tir, prob. fr. OHG. bestan to sew, MHG. besten to bind, fr. OHG. bast bast. See {Bast}.] To sew loosely, or with long stitches; -- usually, that the work may be held in position until sewed more firmly. --Shak. |
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