baste

baste
    n 1: a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric
         together [syn: {baste}, {basting}, {basting stitch},
         {tacking}]
    v 1: cover with liquid before cooking; "baste a roast"
    2: strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who
       tried to attack her" [syn: {clobber}, {baste}, {batter}]
    3: sew together loosely, with large stitches; "baste a hem"
       [syn: {baste}, {tack}]
    

Baste \Baste\ (b[=a]st), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Basted}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Basting}.] [Cf. Icel. beysta to strike, powder; Sw.
   basa to beat with a rod: perh. akin to E. beat.]
   1. To beat with a stick; to cudgel.
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            One man was basted by the keeper for carrying some
            people over on his back through the waters. --Pepys.
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   2. (Cookery) To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or
      fat on, as on meat in roasting.
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   3. To mark with tar, as sheep. [Prov. Eng.]
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Baste \Baste\, v. t. [OE. basten, OF. bastir, F. b?tir, prob.
   fr. OHG. bestan to sew, MHG. besten to bind, fr. OHG. bast
   bast. See {Bast}.]
   To sew loosely, or with long stitches; -- usually, that the
   work may be held in position until sewed more firmly. --Shak.
   [1913 Webster] Bastile
    

106 Moby Thesaurus words for "baste":
      bake, bang, barbecue, bastinado, batter, bawl out, beat, belabor,
      belt, berate, birch, blanch, boil, braise, brew, broil, brown,
      buffet, cane, chew out, clobber, club, coddle, cook, cowhide,
      cudgel, curry, cut, devil, do, do to perfection, drub, fire,
      flagellate, flail, flap, flog, fricassee, frizz, frizzle, fry,
      fustigate, give a whipping, give the stick, griddle, grill, hammer,
      heat, horsewhip, knock, knout, lace, lambaste, larrup, lash,
      lay on, maul, mill, oven-bake, pan, pan-broil, parboil, paste,
      patter, pelt, pistol-whip, poach, pommel, pound, prepare,
      prepare food, pulverize, pummel, rail, rap, rawhide, roast, saute,
      scallop, scourge, sear, shirr, simmer, sledgehammer, smite, spank,
      steam, stew, stir-fry, strap, stripe, swinge, switch, tell off,
      thrash, thresh, thump, toast, tongue-lash, trounce, truncheon,
      wallop, whale, whip, whop, wig