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1. A loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together
   - baste, basting stitch, tacking
    
2. Moistening a roast as it is cooking

1. (cooking) cover with liquid before cooking
   "baste a roast"
    
2. Strike violently and repeatedly
   - clobber [informal], batter
    
3. Sew together loosely, with large stitches
   "baste a hem";
   - tack

Derived forms: bastings

Type of: beat, beat up, dampen, dampening, embroidery stitch, moisten, moistening, run up, sew, sew together, sewing stitch, stitch, stitch up, wash [literary], work over

Part of: roasting

Encyclopedia: Basting