'Baste' definitions:
Definition of 'baste'
(from WordNet)
noun
A loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together [syn: baste, basting, basting stitch, tacking]
verb
Cover with liquid before cooking; "baste a roast"
verb
Strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her" [syn: clobber, baste, batter]
verb
Sew together loosely, with large stitches; "baste a hem" [syn: baste, tack]
Definition of 'Baste'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- One man was basted by the keeper for carrying some people over on his back through the waters. --Pepys. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Cookery) To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To mark with tar, as sheep. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Baste'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster] Bastile
Synonyms of 'baste'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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