Basting
/ˈbeɪstɪŋ/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act by which a food item is basted.
"Use repeated bastings to prevent the chicken from drying out."
- 2 moistening a roast as it is cooking wordnet
- 3 A (physical) beating. archaic
- 4 a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together wordnet
- 5 The use of long or loose stitches; the act by which something is basted.
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of baste form-of, gerund, participle, present
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Some of the seams of the dress were held together only loosely by basting stitches, pending the final fitting."