BASTE

baste, basting, basting stitch, tacking

(noun) a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together

baste

(verb) cover with liquid before cooking; “baste a roast”

baste, tack

(verb) sew together loosely, with large stitches; “baste a hem”

clobber, baste, batter

(verb) strike violently and repeatedly; “She clobbered the man who tried to attack her”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Verb

baste (third-person singular simple present bastes, present participle basting, simple past and past participle basted)

To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.

Etymology 2

Verb

baste (third-person singular simple present bastes, present participle basting, simple past and past participle basted)

To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.

(by extension) To coat over something.

To mark (sheep, etc.) with tar.

Noun

baste (plural bastes)

A basting; a sprinkling of drippings etc. in cooking.

Etymology 3

Verb

baste (third-person singular simple present bastes, present participle basting, simple past and past participle basted)

(archaic, slang) To beat with a stick; to cudgel.

Anagrams

• Bates, Beast, Sebat, abets, bates, beast, beats, besat, betas, esbat, tabes

Source: Wiktionary


Baste, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Basted; p. pr. & vb. n. Basting.] Etym: [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)

Definition: 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. Etym: [OE. basten, OF. bastir, F. b, prob. fr. OHG. bestan to sew, MHG. besten to bind, fr. OHG. bast bast. See Bast.]

Definition: To sew loosely, or with long stitches; -- usually, that the work may be held in position until sewed more firmly. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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