'Basting' definitions:
Definition of 'basting'
(from WordNet)
noun
A loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together [syn: baste, basting, basting stitch, tacking]
noun
Moistening a roast as it is cooking
Definition of 'Basting'
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 'basting'
From: GCIDE
- basting \basting\ n.
- 1. Loose temporary stitches.
- Syn: baste, tacking. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. (Cookery) The act or process of moistening a roast as it is cooking. [WordNet 1.5]