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Definition of Baste
1. Verb. Cover with liquid before cooking. "Baste a roast"
Category relationships: Cookery, Cooking, Preparation
Generic synonyms: Dampen, Moisten, Wash
Entails: Cook
Generic synonyms: Dampen, Moisten, Wash
Entails: Cook
2. Noun. A loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together.
3. Verb. Strike violently and repeatedly. "They want to baste the prisoners "; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"
4. Verb. Sew together loosely, with large stitches. "Baste a hem"
Definition of Baste
1. v. t. To beat with a stick; to cudgel.
2. v. t. To sew loosely, or with long stitches; -- usually, that the work may be held in position until sewed more firmly.
Definition of Baste
1. Verb. To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting. ¹
2. Verb. (by extension) To coat over something ¹
3. Verb. To sew with wide stitches. ¹
4. Verb. (1811) To beat. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Baste
1. to sew loosely together [v BASTED, BASTING, BASTES]
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