baste

Noun · Verb

Synonyms: basting basting stitch tacking clobber batter tack

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric togetherSynonyms: basting basting stitch tacking

Verb (3)

cover with liquid before cooking“baste a roast”
strike violently and repeatedly“She clobbered the man who tried to attack her”Synonyms: clobber batter
sew together loosely, with large stitches“baste a hem”Synonyms: tack

Webster's Dictionary (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]

Baste \Baste\, v. t. [OE. basten, OF. bastir, F. b?tir, prob. fr. OHG. bestan to sew, MHG. besten to bind, fr. OHG. bast bast. See Bast.] To sew loosely, or with long stitches; -- usually, that the work may be held in position until sewed more firmly. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Bastile