baste
/beɪst/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.39 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.
Transitive verb
noun
A basting; a sprinkling of drippings etc. in cooking.
Example Sentences
- "He bastes the coat together with thick white thread almost like string, using stitches big enough to be ripped out easily later."
- "Ice Cold Daydream" bastes the bayou funk of the Meters in swirling psychedelia, while "Sweet Thang," a swampy blues cowritten with his dad, sounds like something from Dr. John's "Night Tripper" phase."
- ""Just like a leg of mutton being roasted before a slow fire without any one to give it a baste," groaned the old man."
- "July 1660, Samuel Pepys, Diaries One man was basted by the keeper for carrying some people over on his back through the waters."