basting

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/ˈbeɪstɪŋ/ English

Definitions

verb

To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.

verb

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.

verb

To beat with a stick; to cudgel.

noun

The act by which a food item is basted.“Use repeated bastings to prevent the chicken from drying out.”
A (physical) beating.

Related words

Synonyms

tacking buttering slather slathering smearing basketing braize boudinage larding dipping flocking battening taping bagging engastration knead

Associated

stitches sewing cooking fabric meat technique paper done won

Rhymes

lambasting pasting wasting tasting face stung hasting spray stung waist hung

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