baste
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Her Cuban-American family bastes the turkey in a mojo criollo marinade.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2021
The duck will surprise only people who don’t know that duck meat cooked to well-done bastes in its own fat until it is almost a warm confit.
From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2018
Like a turkey, a newspaper bastes in its own juices.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2017
He smokes the brisket for upward of 18 hours and bastes it in a concentration of drippings from all the meats just before serving.
From Washington Post • Aug. 1, 2016
One bastes it while the other lies down and sleeps.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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