English Dictionary

BASTING

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 Dictionary entry overview: What does basting mean? 

BASTING (noun)
  The noun BASTING has 2 senses:

1. a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric togetherplay

2. moistening a roast as it is cookingplay

  Familiarity information: BASTING used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BASTING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

baste; basting; basting stitch; tacking

Hypernyms ("basting" is a kind of...):

embroidery stitch; sewing stitch (a stitch made with thread and a threaded sewing needle through fabric or leather)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Moistening a roast as it is cooking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("basting" is a kind of...):

dampening; moistening (the act of making something slightly wet)

Holonyms ("basting" is a part of...):

roasting (cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added))


 Context examples 


Mary did look up, and she did stare at me: the ladle with which she was basting a pair of chickens roasting at the fire, did for some three minutes hang suspended in air; and for the same space of time John's knives also had rest from the polishing process: but Mary, bending again over the roast, said only— Have you, Miss? Well, for sure!

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)



 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"To err is human; to forgive is divine." (English proverb)

"Don't sell eggs in the bottom of hens" (Breton proverb)

"Close the door from which the wind blows and relax." (Arabic proverb)

"He who goes slowly, goes surely; and he who goes surely, goes far." (Corsican proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact