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baste

English

  1. 🔊 a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together
  2. 🔊 cover with liquid before cooking
    “baste a roast”
  3. 🔊 sew together loosely, with large stitches
    “baste a hem”
  4. 🔊 strike violently and repeatedly
    “She clobbered the man who tried to attack her”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 embastar to baste
  2. 🔊 hilvanar to baste

Similar words

basting basting stitch tacking tack clobber batter bake bang barbecue bastinado batter bawl out beat belabor belt berate birch blanch boil braise brew broil brown buffet