baste
verb
[ beɪst ]
• pour fat or juices over (meat) during cooking in order to keep it moist.
• "slip herbs under the skin and baste the chicken constantly"
Origin:
late 15th century: of unknown origin.
baste
verb
• tack with long, loose stitches in preparation for sewing.
• "baste the zip under the edges so that it is concealed"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French bastir ‘sew lightly’, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to bast.
baste
verb
• beat (someone) soundly; thrash.
• "go baste him one!"
Origin:
mid 16th century: perhaps a figurative use of baste1.
