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basting Definition


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baste1
verb
    basted, basting
    1. To pour hot fat, butter or juices over something (especially roasting meat), during cooking.
Etymology: 15c.




baste2
verb
    basted, basting
    1. To sew (eg a seam) with temporary loose stitches. Also tack.
Etymology: 15c: from French bastir, from German besten to sew.




baste3
verb
    basted, basting
    1. To beat someone or something soundly; to thrash them.
Derivative: basting
noun
      Example: That boy deserves a basting
Etymology: 16c.



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