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Definition baste in British English

baste verb

[intransitive/transitive] verb
/beɪst/
1

to cover meat with hot fat or its own juices while it cooks

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2

to sew two pieces of cloth together with long loose stitches that will hold them while you finish sewing it with permanent stitches

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Definition baste in British English