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third-person singular simple present bastes, present participle basting, simple past and past participle basted
To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric. quotations examples
He bastes the coat together with thick white thread almost like string, using stitches big enough to be ripped out easily later.
1991 June 14, J.F. Pirro, “Custom Work”, in Chicago Reader
To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting. examples
(by extension) To coat over something. quotations examples
Ice Cold Daydream" bastes the bayou funk of the Meters in swirling psychedelia, while "Sweet Thang," a swampy blues cowritten with his dad, sounds like something from Dr. John's "Night Tripper" phase.
2001 April 20, Peter Margasak, “Almost Famous”, in Chicago Reader
To mark (sheep, etc.) with tar. examples
plural bastes
A basting; a sprinkling of drippings etc. in cooking. quotations examples
"Just like a leg of mutton being roasted before a slow fire without any one to give it a baste," groaned the old man.
1876, The Odd Fellow's Companion
(archaic, slang) To beat with a stick; to cudgel. quotations
One man was basted by the keeper for carrying some people over on his back through the waters.
July 1660, Samuel Pepys, Diaries