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baste

[beyst] / beɪst /
VERB
moisten during cooking
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VERB
sew temporarily
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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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