Synonyms of the word basting


BASTINGBASTE - DAMPENING - MOISTENING - STITCH - TACKING

basting

  • n. The act by which a food item is basted.
  • n. (archaic) A (physical) beating.
  • v. present participle of baste.

baste

  • v. To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.
  • v. To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
  • v. (by extension) To coat over something.
  • v. To mark (sheep, etc.) with tar.
  • v. (archaic, slang) To beat with a stick; to cudgel.

dampening

  • v. present participle of dampen.
  • n. The act of making or becoming damp.

moistening

  • v. present participle of moisten.
  • n. The act of making something moist.

stitch

  • n. A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
  • n. An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style.
  • n. (sports) An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, caused by internal organs pulling…
  • n. A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn.
  • n. An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style.
  • n. A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle.
  • n. Hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance.
  • n. A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.
  • n. (obsolete) A contortion, or twist.
  • n. (colloquial) Any least part of a fabric or dress.
  • n. A furrow.
  • v. To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of…
  • v. To sew, or unite or attach by stitches.
  • v. (agriculture) To form land into ridges.
  • v. (intransitive) To practice/practise stitching or needlework.
  • v. (computing, graphics) To combine two or more photographs of the same scene into a single image.

tacking

  • n. loose temporary stitches in dressmaking etc.
  • n. (nautical) the act of changing tack.
  • n. (law) A union of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate…
  • v. present participle of tack.

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