baste

1. 1.

   a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together

   Synonymsbastingbasting stitchtacking

   Broadersewing stitch

Other forms of baste

plural

bastes·

past tense

basted·

present participle

basting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about baste

What does baste mean?

baste means "cover with liquid before cooking". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in baste?

baste has 1 syllable: baste. In IPA it is /ˈbeɪst/.

What is another word for baste?

Close synonyms include clobber, batter, tack, basting, basting stitch. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is baste a common word?

baste is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with baste?

2 words rhyme with baste. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.