baste

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baste1 / bāst/ • v. [tr.] pour juices or melted fat over (meat) during cooking in order to keep it moist.baste2 • v. [tr.] Needlework tack with long, loose stitches in preparation for sewing.baste3 • v. [tr.] inf., dated beat (someone) soundly; thrash: go baste him one!

baste

views updated May 09 2018

baste1 sew loosely. XIV. — OF. bastir (mod. bǎtir) — Gmc. *bastjan (cf. OHG. besten lace, sew), f. *bastaz BAST.

baste

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baste To ladle hot fat (or other liquid) over meat, poultry, etc., at intervals while it is baking or roasting, in order to improve the texture, flavour, and appearance.

baste

views updated Jun 11 2018

baste2 pour fat over (roasting meat). XV. of unkn. orig.

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