baste

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baste1

▶verb pour fat or juices over (meat) during cooking.

– derivatives
baster noun.

– origin C15: of unknown origin.

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baste2

▶verb Needlework tack with long, loose stitches in preparation for sewing.

– origin ME: from OFr. bastir ‘sew lightly’, ult. of Gmc origin and rel. to bast.

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baste3

▶verb informal, dated beat soundly; thrash.

– derivatives
basting noun.

– origin C16: perh. a figurative use of baste1.