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 Definitions for baste: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Baste \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.
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One man was basted by the keeper for carrying some
people over on his back through the waters. --Pepys.
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2. (Cookery) To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or
fat on, as on meat in roasting.
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3. To mark with tar, as sheep. [Prov. Eng.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Baste \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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WordNet (r) 2.0
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baste
n : loose temporary stitches [syn: basting, tacking]
v 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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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106 Moby Thesaurus words for "baste":
bake, bang, barbecue, bastinado, batter, bawl out, beat, belabor,
belt, berate, birch, blanch, boil, braise, brew, broil, brown,
buffet, cane, chew out, clobber, club, coddle, cook, cowhide,
cudgel, curry, cut, devil, do, do to perfection, drub, fire,
flagellate, flail, flap, flog, fricassee, frizz, frizzle, fry,
fustigate, give a whipping, give the stick, griddle, grill, hammer,
heat, horsewhip, knock, knout, lace, lambaste, larrup, lash,
lay on, maul, mill, oven-bake, pan, pan-broil, parboil, paste,
patter, pelt, pistol-whip, poach, pommel, pound, prepare,
prepare food, pulverize, pummel, rail, rap, rawhide, roast, saute,
scallop, scourge, sear, shirr, simmer, sledgehammer, smite, spank,
steam, stew, stir-fry, strap, stripe, swinge, switch, tell off,
thrash, thresh, thump, toast, tongue-lash, trounce, truncheon,
wallop, whale, whip, whop, wig
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