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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together;
[syn: baste, basting, basting stitch, tacking]

2. moistening a roast as it is cooking;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Baste \Baste\ (b[=a]st), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Basted; p. pr. & vb. n. Basting.] [Cf. Icel. beysta to strike, powder; Sw. basa to beat with a rod: perh. akin to E. beat.] 1. To beat with a stick; to cudgel. [1913 Webster] One man was basted by the keeper for carrying some people over on his back through the waters. --Pepys. [1913 Webster] 2. (Cookery) To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting. [1913 Webster] 3. To mark with tar, as sheep. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

basting \basting\ n. 1. Loose temporary stitches. Syn: baste, tacking. [WordNet 1.5] 2. (Cookery) The act or process of moistening a roast as it is cooking. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

basting n 1: a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together [syn: baste, basting, basting stitch, tacking] 2: moistening a roast as it is cooking