verb, noun — 6 senses
/beɪst/
Etymology Late Middle English, from Old French bastir (“build, construct, sew up (a garment)”).
To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.
Etymology From Middle English basten, of uncertain etymon, possibly from Old French basser (“moisten, soak”), from bacin (“basin”).
A basting; a sprinkling of drippings etc. in cooking.
Etymology From Middle English basten, of uncertain etymon, possibly from Old French basser (“moisten, soak”), from bacin (“basin”).
To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
Broadly To coat over something.
To mark (sheep, etc.) with tar.
Etymology Perhaps from the cookery sense of baste or from some Scandinavian etymon. Compare Old Norse beysta (“to beat, thresh”) (whence Danish børste (“to beat up”)). Compare also Swedish basa (“to beat with a rod, to flog”) and Swedish bösta (“to thump”). Might be related to French bâton (“stick”) (formerly baston); English baton comes from bâton; see also French bastonnade (“the act of beating with a stick”).
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