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- [beyst]
- /beɪst/
- /beɪst/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [beyst]
- /beɪst/
Definitions of baste word
- verb baste If you baste meat, you pour hot fat and the juices from the meat itself over it while it is cooking. 3
- verb baste to sew with loose temporary stitches 3
- verb baste to moisten (meat) during cooking with hot fat and the juices produced 3
- verb baste to beat thoroughly; thrash 3
- verb transitive baste to sew with long, loose stitches so as to keep the parts together until properly sewn; tack 3
- verb transitive baste to moisten (meat) with melted butter, drippings, etc. while roasting 3
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Origin of baste
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English basten < Anglo-French, Middle French bastir to build, baste < Germanic; compare Old High German bestan to mend, patch for *bastian to bring together with bast thread or string (bast bast + -i- v. suffix + -an infinitive suffix)
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Parts of speech for Baste
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baste popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
baste usage trend in Literature
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verb baste
- grease — the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.
- season — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- drip — to let drops fall; shed drops: This faucet drips.
- lard — the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- catch — If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
Antonyms for baste
verb baste
- release — to lease again.
- detach — If you detach one thing from another that it is fixed to, you remove it. If one thing detaches from another, it becomes separated from it.
- unfasten — to release from or as from fastenings; detach.
- guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- protect — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
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