baste
verb/beɪst/
/beɪst/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they baste | /beɪst/ /beɪst/ |
| he / she / it bastes | /beɪsts/ /beɪsts/ |
| past simple basted | /ˈbeɪstɪd/ /ˈbeɪstɪd/ |
| past participle basted | /ˈbeɪstɪd/ /ˈbeɪstɪd/ |
| -ing form basting | /ˈbeɪstɪŋ/ /ˈbeɪstɪŋ/ |
- baste something to pour liquid fat or juices over meat, etc. while it is cookingTopics Cooking and eatingc2
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- baste something to sew pieces of cloth together with long, loose stitches
Word Originsense 1 late 15th cent.: of unknown origin.sense 2 late Middle English: from Old French bastir ‘ sew lightly’, ultimately of Germanic origin.
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