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
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.
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.
baste (plural bastes)
A basting; a sprinkling of drippings etc. in cooking.
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.
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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
4 May 2025
(adjective) (of something seen or heard) clearly defined; “a sharp photographic image”; “the sharp crack of a twig”; “the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
