imbastire

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to baste or tack (to sew with long stitches, for temporary use)
  2. (transitive) to wind the pile onto the basting drum
  3. (broadly, transitive) to mount (a construction) temporarily
  4. (transitive) to outline (a speech, etc.)
  5. (transitive) to fix, to settle on (a plan of attack, a prank, etc.)
  6. (transitive) to begin construction of (a ship)

Concepts

sew in

tack in

tack, to

stitch in

Synonyms

Hyphenated as
im‧ba‧stì‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/im.basˈti.re/
Etymology

From im- + bastire.

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