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Meaning of 'baste' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Baste [ v. t.]
- To beat with a stick; to cudgel.
- To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
- To mark with tar, as sheep.
- To sew loosely, or with long stitches; -- usually, that the work may be held in position until sewed more firmly.

Meaning of 'baste' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . baste [ v]
Meaning (1):
- sew together loosely, with large stitches
Example in sentence:
  • baste a hem
Meaning (2):
- cover with liquid before cooking
Example in sentence:
  • baste a roast
Meaning (3):
- strike violently and repeatedly
Example in sentence:
  • She clobbered the man who tried to attack her

Nearby Words:

bas-relief basal basal-nerved basalt basaltic basaltiform basaltoid basan basanite basbleu

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