BASTING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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))

Meaning:

A loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together

Synonyms:

baste; basting; basting stitch; tacking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

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

-ing form of the verb baste