baste

Meaning

Verb

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

Noun

A basting; a sprinkling of drippings etc. in cooking.

Synonyms

tack

tacking

basting stitch

basting

stitch

beat

thrash

hide

clobber

tack together

batter

drub

flog

grease

heddle

lam

lambaste

paddle

paste

plant

🌱

run up

tallow

thread

🧵

thresh

welt

begin to do

be used to a job

sew in

water

🚰

ensconce oneself

tack in

backstitch

stitch in

beat up

belabor

belabour

berate

brutalise

burrow

cane

douse

dowse

drizzle

Translations

bâtir

faufiler

arroser

🚰

imbastire

teyellemek

hilvanar

bedruipen

verprügeln

azarlama

βουτιρώνω

τρυπώνω

ungere

ξυλίζω

bañar

παρραράβω

Pronounced as (IPA)

/beɪst/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: -

Inherited from Middle English: basten

Cognate with Old Norse: beysta

Cognate with Danish: børste

Cognate with Swedish: basa

Cognate with Swedish: bösta

Cognate with French: bâton

In summary

Late Middle English, from Old French bastir (“build, construct, sew up (a garment)”).