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baste

[bayst] / beɪst /
VERB
moisten during cooking
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VERB
sew temporarily
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Pour the remaining 2 tablespoons lime juice into the pan and baste the fillets once or twice more.

From Washington Times ● May 19, 2023

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

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2023

I have a section on using different flavored butters to baste and add flavor, so add garlic butter or maple butter to something like a corn muffin or a cornbread.

From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2022

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

Before taking up, dredge with flour, and baste two or three times with melted butter.

From The Myrtle Reed Cook Book by Myrtle Reed

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

His wife had already basted the family turkey the night before and now she was cracking 180 eggs with a smile and wearing plastic gloves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2025

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

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

Levitte the perfumer is flabby and plump, basted in his own self-importance.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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

Do note that basting can result in less crispy skin.

From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024

But before you start basting the turkey and preparing the stuffing, it’s good to get your kitchen in as good a shape as possible.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 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

The next few hours are spent doing tasks no one else wants to do—snipping stitches, basting, sweeping up, collecting pins and putting them in pincushions.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline




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