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baste

[bayst] / beɪst /
VERB
moisten during cooking
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VERB
sew temporarily
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Some baste their eggs in hot fat, some insist on a lid to trap steam and ensure even cooking.

From Salon ● Feb. 11, 2025

Street vendors across East Asia scrunch small pieces of meat onto skewers and baste them over hot coals with a sweet and savory sauce.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 11, 2023

Be sure to baste the fish with this liquid during cooking and just before serving.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2023

To add to the flavour, Taylor’s preferred liquid to baste the turkey with is coffee, butter and maple syrup.

From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2022

But if I was, this is what made a baste av me.”

From Humours of Irish Life by Various

The signature dish, made with sharp, slow-melting Kolot cheese, comes in a crust that’s been liberally basted with butter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The programme title is a play on Lord Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical The Phantom of the Opera, basted on the novel by Gaston Leroux.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2025

Not so readily, however: The researchers cut a black spatula into small pieces and basted them in 320-degree cooking oil for 15 minutes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2024

But perhaps most memorable, especially for anyone who has ever babied, basted and otherwise fussed over a 14-pound bird, is the season four episode “Turkey in a Can.”

From Salon ● Nov. 11, 2023

I cooked lunch for myself—pork and beans, or chicken basted in onions and orange juice, or on days when I was feeling lazy, soup from a can—and sat at the table alone eating it.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

In August 2023, the state blamed another botched satellite launch on an error in the emergency basting system, but said it was "not a big issue".

From BBC ● May 21, 2025

How often should I be basting my bird?

From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024

But, despite basting it with melted butter and wine every half-hour, this bird was so dry.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2023

We layer on the flavors - first as a quick marinade for the chicken, then as a basting sauce, and finally as a finishing sauce.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 11, 2023

Jhiqui roasted the meat with sweet- grass and firepods, basting it with honey as it cooked, and there were melons and pomegranates and plums and some queer eastern fruit Dany did not know.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin


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