baste

1. v. t. To beat with a stick; to cudgel. Source: opted

2. v. t. To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting. Source: opted

3. v. t. To mark with tar, as sheep. Source: opted

4. v. t. To sew loosely, or with long stitches; -- usually, that the work may be held in position until sewed more firmly. Source: opted

5. n. a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together Source: wordnet

6. v. cover with liquid before cooking Source: wordnet

7. v. strike violently and repeatedly Source: wordnet

8. v. sew together loosely, with large stitches Source: wordnet

9. 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.] To sew loosely, or with long stitches; -- usually, that the work may be held in position until sewed more firmly. Shak. Source: webster

10. To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as onmeat in roasting. Source: adambom

11. v:100 n. a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together v. cover with liquid before cooking v. sew together loosely, with large stitches Source: ecdict

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