baste n : loose temporary stitches [syn: basting, tacking]

1 cover with liquid before cooking; "baste a roast"

2 strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her" [syn: clobber, batter]

3 sew together loosely, with large stitches; "baste a hem" [syn: tack]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪst

Verb

1. To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
2. To sew with wide stitches.
3. To beat.

Basting may refer to:

• A type of stitch in sewing
• Basting (cooking), a cooking technique

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