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  • 31baste — UK [beɪst] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms baste : present tense I/you/we/they baste he/she/it bastes present participle basting past tense basted past participle basted 1) to cover meat with hot fat or its own juices while it… …

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  • 32BASTE — s. m. L as de trèfle, aux jeux de l hombre, du quadrille, etc. Le baste est le troisième des matadors …

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  • 33baste — verb Baste is used with these nouns as the object: ↑turkey …

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  • 34Baste — Bas|te die; , n <aus fr. baste »Eichelass«, dies aus span. basto »Eicheln, Treff«> Trumpfkarte (Treffass in verschiedenen Kartenspielen) …

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  • 35baste — There are two separate verbs baste in English, one meaning ‘sew loosely’ [14], the other ‘moisten roasting meat with fat’ [15]. The first comes from Old French bastir, which was acquired from a hypothetical Germanic *bastjan ‘join together with… …

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  • 36baste — s. dedo. ❙ «Bastes: dedos.» Manuel Giménez, Antología del timo. ❙ «Baste. Dedo.» JGR. ❙ ▄▀ «Le metió los bastes en los ojos.» ❘ ► basto …

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  • 37baste — [[t]be͟ɪst[/t]] bastes, basting, basted VERB If you baste meat, you pour hot fat and the juices from the meat itself over it while it is cooking. [V n] Mary stood at the stove basting the roasting chickens... Bake for 15 20 minutes, basting… …

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  • 38baste — une Baste, Stropha …

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  • 39baste — There are two separate verbs baste in English, one meaning ‘sew loosely’ [14], the other ‘moisten roasting meat with fat’ [15]. The first comes from Old French bastir, which was acquired from a hypothetical Germanic *bastjan ‘join together with… …

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  • 40baste — 1. v.tr. moisten (meat) with gravy or melted fat during cooking. Etymology: 16th c.: orig. unkn. 2. v.tr. stitch loosely together in preparation for sewing; tack. Etymology: ME f. OF bastir sew lightly, ult. f. Gmc 3. v.tr. beat soundly; thrash.… …

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