baster

See also: Baster

English

A baster being used to drip juices on a turkey.

Etymology

baste +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪstɚ/

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪstə/

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• Rhymes: -eɪstə(ɹ)

Noun

baster (plural basters)

1. One who bastes.
2. A tool for basting meat with fat or gravy.
   • 2009, Danielle Corsetto, Girls with Slingshots‎^[1]:

     Hmm, yeah, but we didn’t have a turkey baster.

Translations

one who bastes

• Chinese:

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• Finnish: valelija
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tool for basting

• Chinese:

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• Finnish: liemipumppu
• German: Arrosier-Pipette f
• Spanish: cuentagotas (es) m, pera (es) f, inyector m

Anagrams

• Be star, Sterba, Tarbes, abrest, barest, bestar, breast, rebats, tabers

Middle French

Etymology

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Verb

baster

1. to put a packsaddle on

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of baster

infinitive	simple	baster
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	bastant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		basté
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	baste	bastes	baste	bastons	bastez	bastent
	imperfect	bastois, bastoys	bastois, bastoys	bastoit, bastoyt	bastions, bastyons	bastiez, bastyez	bastoient, bastoyent
	past historic	basta	bastas	basta	bastasmes	bastastes	basterent
	future	basterai, basteray	basteras	bastera	basterons	basterez	basteront
	conditional	basterois, basteroys	basterois, basteroys	basteroit, basteroyt	basterions, basteryons	basteriez, basteryez	basteroient, basteroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	baste	bastes	baste	bastons	bastez	bastent
	imperfect	bastasse	bastasses	bastast	bastassions	bastassiez	bastassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	baste	—	bastons	bastez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: bâter

References

• “bâter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.