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baste

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

The roast will glow, burnished and blazing, as I open the oven door to baste it with preserves and turn the glowing globes of potato in their spitting fat.

From Salon • Nov. 24, 2022

An' thin she turns round,—an' there stands the baste iv a fox in the corner.

From Recitations for the Social Circle by Harvey, James Clarence




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