Verb: baste beyst
- (cooking) cover with liquid before cooking
"baste a roast"
- Sew together loosely, with large stitches
"baste a hem";
- tack
- Strike violently and repeatedly
"The boxer basted his opponent with quick jabs";
- clobber [informal], batter
- A loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together
"She used a baste stitch to keep the hem in place before final sewing";
- basting, basting stitch, tacking
Sounds like: based
Derived forms: basted, bastes, basting
Type of: beat, beat up, dampen, embroidery stitch, moisten, run up, sew, sew together, sewing stitch, stitch, stitch up, wash [literary], work over [informal]
Encyclopedia: Baste