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Noun basting has 2 senses
  1. baste, basting, tacking - loose temporary stitches
    --1 is a kind of stitch
  2. basting - moistening a roast as it is cooking
    --2 is a kind of     moistening, dampening
    --2 is a part of roasting
,Verb baste has 3 senses
  1. baste - cover with liquid before cooking; "baste a roast"
    --1 is one way to     moisten, wash, dampen
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. clobber, baste, batter - strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"
    --2 is one way to beat, beat up, work over
    Sample sentence:
    They want to baste the prisoners
  3. baste, tack - sew together loosely, with large stitches; "baste a hem"
    --3 is one way to sew, run up, sew together, stitch
    Derived form: noun baste1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something
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