baste
IPA: bˈeɪst
noun
- A basting; a sprinkling of drippings etc. in cooking.
verb
- To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.
- To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
- (by extension) To coat over something.
- To mark (sheep, etc.) with tar.
- (archaic, slang) To beat with a stick; to cudgel.
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Examples of "baste" in Sentences
- The bacon helps to 'baste' the chicken while it cooks.
- Instruct your guests to skewer their own kabobs and baste veggies with balsamic vinaigrette.
- When you next baste the duck, turn the potatoes, making sure they are well covered with the duck juices.
- Danielson remembers visiting over the next few weeks to "baste" the ends of the canoe that stuck out of the sand.
- "baste," as cook calls him, knows it just as well as the other name, -- any way, he answers to it just as readily.
- During baking, occasionally "baste" the apples, _i. e._ take spoonfuls of the water from around the apples and pour it on the top of them.
- "baste," he boasted, did credit to the "ould counthry:" for although no beauty, he was the cleverest and bravest of all the dogs, and much attached to him.
- How shall I baste you? she torments the trapped children in her house of sugary temptation before the kids, as legend demands, turn the tables on her and toss her in the oven.
- Every half an hour or so use a fine skewer to pierce the duck skin with holes to release its juices and then baste the duck with the liquid that collects in the bottom of the pan.
- I just didn't want to deal with it, so I stubbornly ignored it. of course, once I finally forced myself to sew it, it took less than an hour. the trick was to use double sided tape to "baste" it. then I pinned the hell out of it and sewed it with no fear. you can't have fear because the sewing machine can smell fear. it'll eat your fabric or make your zipper wonky at any sign of weakness. besides the zipper, I loved working on this sweater. the pattern was straight forward and the cable pattern kept my interest throughout.
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