baste
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old French bastir (“build, construct, sew up (a garment)”).
Verb
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- To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.
- 1991 June 14, J.F. Pirro, “Custom Work”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
- He bastes the coat together with thick white thread almost like string, using stitches big enough to be ripped out easily later.
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Etymology 2
Middle English basten, of uncertain origin, possibly from Old French basser (“moisten, soak”), from bacin (“basin”).
Verb
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- To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
- (by extension) To coat over something.
- 2001 April 20, Peter Margasak, “Almost Famous”, in Chicago Reader[2]:
- Ice Cold Daydream" bastes the bayou funk of the Meters in swirling psychedelia, while "Sweet Thang," a swampy blues cowritten with his dad, sounds like something from Dr. John's "Night Tripper" phase.
- To mark (sheep, etc.) with tar.
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Noun
baste (plural bastes)
- A basting; a sprinkling of drippings etc. in cooking.
- 1876, The Odd Fellow's Companion
- "Just like a leg of mutton being roasted before a slow fire without any one to give it a baste," groaned the old man.
- 1876, The Odd Fellow's Companion
Etymology 3
Perhaps from the cookery sense of baste or from some Scandinavian source. Compare Old Norse beysta (“to beat, thresh”) (whence Danish børste (“to beat up”)). Compare also Swedish basa (“to beat with a rod, to flog”) and Swedish bösta (“to thump”). Might be related French bâton (formerly baston), which means stick (English baton comes from bâton) ; see also French bastonnade, the act of beating with a stick.
Verb
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- (archaic, slang) To beat with a stick; to cudgel.
- July 1660, Samuel Pepys, Diaries
- One man was basted by the keeper for carrying some people over on his back through the waters.
- July 1660, Samuel Pepys, Diaries
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References
- [Francis] Grose [et al.] (1811) “Baste”, in Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence. […], London: […] C. Chappell, […], →OCLC.
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Dutch
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Verb
baste
Anagrams
French
Noun
baste m (plural bastes)
Noun
baste f (plural bastes)
- basque (clothing)
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English bæst.
Noun
baste
- Alternative form of bast (“bast”)
Etymology 2
From Old French bast.
Noun
baste
- Alternative form of base (“illegitimacy”)
Northern Sami
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
baste
Inflection
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Nominative | baste | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | bastte | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | baste | basttet | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | bastte | basttiid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | bastte | basttiid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | bastii | basttiide | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | basttes | basttiin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | basttiin | basttiiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | basten | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Portuguese
Verb
baste
- first-person singular present subjunctive of bastar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of bastar
- third-person singular imperative of bastar
Spanish
Verb
baste
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