baste

Example Sentences

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Use the rest of the butter to baste.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2024

You baste every 30 minutes before removing the cheesecloth to cook uncovered to burnish the skin.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2023

Pour the remaining 2 tablespoons lime juice into the pan and baste the fillets once or twice more.

From Washington Times • May 19, 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

Grooms are especially fond of this system of "hogging," and many a beauteous adjunct of Nature's forming has been ruthlessly sacrificed to their ceaseless importunities to be permitted to "smarten the baste."

From Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes by Lambert, Nannie