baste /ˈbest/
(vt.)假縫,潤以油脂,塗以奶油,狠揍
Baste v. t. [imp. & p. p. Basted; p. pr. & vb. n. Basting.]
1. To beat with a stick; to cudgel.
One man was basted by the keeper for carrying some people over on his back through the waters. --Pepys.
2. Cookery To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
3. To mark with tar, as sheep. [Prov. Eng.]
Baste, v. t. To sew loosely, or with long stitches; -- usually, that the work may be held in position until sewed more firmly.
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baste
n : loose temporary stitches [syn: basting, tacking]
v 1: cover with liquid before cooking; "baste a roast"
2: strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who
tried to attack her" [syn: clobber, batter]
3: sew together loosely, with large stitches; "baste a hem"
[syn: tack]