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Noun basting has 2 senses
- baste, basting, tacking - loose temporary stitches
--1 is a kind of stitch
- basting - moistening a roast as it is cooking
--2 is a kind of moistening, dampening
--2 is a part of roasting
Verb baste has 3 senses
- baste - cover with liquid before cooking; "baste a roast"
--1 is one way to moisten, wash, dampen
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- clobber, baste, batter - strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"
--2 is one way to beat, beat up, work over
Sample sentence:
They want to baste the prisoners
- baste, tack - sew together loosely, with large stitches; "baste a hem"
--3 is one way to sew, run up, sew together, stitch
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
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