Meaning of BASTE
| Pronunciation: | | beyst
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- [n] loose temporary stitches
- [v] cover with liquid before cooking; "baste a roast"
- [v] sew together loosely, with large stitches; "baste a hem"
- [v] strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"
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| | Synonyms: | | basting, batter, clobber, tack, tacking |
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| | See Also: | | beat, beat up, cook, dampen, moisten, run up, sew, sew together, stitch, stitch, wash, work over | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Baste\ (b[=a]st), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Basted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Basting}.] [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) 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. [OE. basten, OF. bastir, F. b?tir, prob.
fr. OHG. bestan to sew, MHG. besten to bind, fr. OHG. bast
bast. See {Bast}.]
To sew loosely, or with long stitches; -- usually, that the
work may be held in position until sewed more firmly. --Shak.
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