- 1baste something to pour liquid fat or juices over meat, etc. while it is cooking
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- 2baste something to sew pieces of cloth together temporarily with long loose stitches
baste
verbNAmE//beɪst//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they baste he / she / it bastes
past simple basted
-ing form basting
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