Lexic.us

Definition of Baste

1. Noun. A loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together.

2. Verb. Cover with liquid before cooking. "Baste a roast"

3. Verb. Strike violently and repeatedly. "They want to baste the prisoners "; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"

4. Verb. Sew together loosely, with large stitches. "Baste a hem"

Definition of Baste

1. v. t. To beat with a stick; to cudgel.

2. v. t. To sew loosely, or with long stitches; -- usually, that the work may be held in position until sewed more firmly.

Definition of Baste

1. Verb. To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting. ¹

2. Verb. (by extension) To coat over something ¹

3. Verb. To sew with wide stitches. ¹

4. Verb. (1811) To beat. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Baste

1. to sew loosely together [v BASTED, BASTING, BASTES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Baste

bastardizers bastardizes bastardizing bastardliness bastardly bastardly gullion bastardly gullions bastardry bastards bastardsword

bastardswords bastardy bastardy bond bastardy bonds bastardy proceeding baste (current term) basted bastegh baster basters

bastes bastide bastides bastile bastiles bastille bastilles bastillion bastillions bastinade

Literary usage of Baste

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1859)
"To baste a garment would be to set it up, to put it together, and from this particular kind of stitching the signification would seem to have passed on to ..."

2. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"... Q some lair Querist, in blue stockings placed ; S is brisk Sal, who a chicken can baste; К i> ¡rail Kose, from her true stem displaced ; T is Theresa, ..."

3. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"'For the love av God,' I sez, clane forgettin' he was a dumb baste; ' don't take ut to heart so! Aisy, be aisy,' I says; an' with that I rubbed his cheek ..."

4. Clothing for Women; Selection, Design, Construction: A Practical Manual for by Laura Irene Baldt (1916)
"baste box plait in front or hem if coat finish is desired (Fig. 182). If the back is plain, turn the bottom edge of the yoke in and baste it to place on the ..."

5. Capital (1888)
"... with Indie' baste industrias— steel, glass, cement, petrochemicals, fertiliser: and others. We come together on their problems end needs In refractories ..."

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