baste has definitions from the field of food
1
[ verb ] (food) cover with liquid before cooking

Examples

"baste a roast"

Used in print

(Ann Carnahan, Nick Manero's Cook-out Barbeque...)

Do n't forget to buy a plastic pastry brush for basting with sauces .

You will discover you keep the sauce for basting meat in one , use six for drinks , serve soup or coffee in another half-dozen - and need one more to mix the salad_dressing .

Related terms

moisten cooking cook

2
[ verb ] strike violently and repeatedly

Synonyms

clobber batter

Examples

"She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"

Related terms

beat

3
[ verb ] sew together loosely, with large stitches

Synonyms

tack

Examples

"baste a hem"

Related terms

sew baster

4
[ noun ] loose temporary stitches

Synonyms

tacking basting

Related terms

stitch

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