
1) Abuse 2) Anoint the roast 3) Basting 4) Bathe in butter 5) Beat badly 6) Beat soundly 7) Butter the Butterball 8) Butter up 9) Butter up the turkey 10) Clobber 11) Coat with juice 12) Coat with pan juices 13) Cookbook directive 14) Cookbook instruction 15) Cooking or sewing term 16) Cover the turkey
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1) Basting 2) Moistentheturkey 3) Sew 4) Stitch 5) Tacking
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• (v. t.) To sew loosely, or with long stitches; -- usually, that the work may be held in position until sewed more firmly. • (v. t.) To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting. • (v. t.) To beat with a stick; to cudgel. • (v. t.) To mark with tar, as sheep.
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To brush or spoon liquid fat or juices over meat, fish poultry or vegetables during cooking to help keep moisture on the surface area.
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To brush or spoon food as it cooks with melted fat or the cooking juices from the dish. Basting prevents foods from drying out and adds color and flavor.
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To moisten foods during cooking with pan drippings or special sauce to add flavor and prevent drying.
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Baste (bāst)
transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Basted ;
present participle & verbal noun Basting .] [ Confer Icelandic
beysta to strike, powder; Swedish
basa to beat with a rod: perhaps akin to English
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Baste transitive verb [ Middle English
basten , Old French
bastir , French
b...tir , probably from Old High German
bestan to sew, Middle High German
besten to bind, from Old High German
bast bast. See
Bast .] To sew loosely, or with long stitches; -- u...
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To spoon juices over food that is being roasted or baked to prevent it from drying out and to glaze the surface
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Baste is Black American slang for to attack or ridicule someone behind their back.
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[
n] - loose temporary stitches 2. [v] - sew together loosely, with large stitches 3. [v] - cover with liquid before cooking
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Long running stitches temporarily created by hand or machine to hold fabric in place before the final stitching. The stitches are called basting stitches.
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Temporary long running stitches, made by either hand or machine, that holds the fabric together before permanent stitches are applied.
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verb strike violently and repeatedly; `She clobbered the man who tried to attack her`
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basting noun loose temporary stitches
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To moisten foods during cooking with pan drippings or special sauce to add flavor and prevent drying.
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https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22157

The technique of hand stitching or machine stitching with a long stitch length to temporarily hold two pieces of fabric together before they are stitched together permanently. A backstitch or a knot is not used in case the threads need to be pulled out and removed.
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to hold a garment/item together temporarily using large running stitches in order to check fit and stop fabric slipping before permanent stitching. You can also baste quilts.
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