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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun baste has 1 sense

• baste(n = noun.artifact) basting, basting stitch, tacking - a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together; Array
is a kind of embroidery stitch, sewing stitch
Derived form verb baste₃

Verb baste has 3 senses

• baste(v = verb.change) Array - cover with liquid before cooking; "baste a roast"
is one way to dampen, moisten, wash
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• baste(v = verb.contact) batter, clobber - strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"
is one way to beat, beat up, work over
Sample sentence:
They want to baste the prisoners

• baste(v = verb.contact) tack - sew together loosely, with large stitches; "baste a hem"
is one way to run up, sew, sew together, stitch
Derived form noun baste₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

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THESAURUS

baste

bake, bang, barbecue, bastinado, batter, bawl out, beat, belabor, belt, berate, birch, blanch, boil, braise, brew, broil, brown, buffet, cane, chew out, clobber, club, coddle, cook, cowhide, cudgel, curry, cut, devil, do, do to perfection, drub, fire, flagellate, flail, flap, flog, fricassee, frizz, frizzle, fry, fustigate, give a whipping, give the stick, griddle, grill, hammer, heat, horsewhip, knock, knout, lace, lambaste, larrup, lash, lay on, maul, mill, oven-bake, pan, pan-broil, parboil, paste, patter, pelt, pistol-whip, poach, pommel, pound, prepare, prepare food, pulverize, pummel, rail, rap, rawhide, roast, saute, scallop, scourge, sear, shirr, simmer, sledgehammer, smite, spank, steam, stew, stir-fry, strap, stripe, swinge, switch, tell off, thrash, thresh, thump, toast, tongue-lash, trounce, truncheon, wallop, whale, whip, whop, wig

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baste

Punishment

VB punish, chastise, chasten, castigate, correct, inflict punishment, administer correction, deal retributive justice, cowhide, lambaste, visit upon, pay, pay out, serve out, do for, make short work of, give a lesson to, serve one right, make an example of, have a rod in pickle for, give it one, strike, deal a blow to, administer the lash, smite, slap, slap the face, smack, cuff, box the ears, spank, thwack, thump, beat, lay on, swinge, buffet, thresh, thrash, pummel, drub, leather, trounce, sandbag, baste, belabor, lace, lace one's jacket, dress, dress down, give a dressing, trim, warm, wipe, tund, cob, bang, strap, comb, lash, lick, larrup, wallop, whop, flog, scourge, whip, birch, cane, give the stick, switch, flagellate, horsewhip, bastinado, towel, rub down with an oaken towel, rib roast, dust one's jacket, fustigate, pitch into, lay about one, beat black and blue, beat to a mummy, beat to a jelly, give a black eye, tar and feather, pelt, stone, lapidate, masthead, keelhaul, execute, bring to the block, bring to the gallows, behead, decapitate, guillotine, decollate, hang, turn off, gibbet, bowstring, hang draw and quarter, shoot, decimate, burn, break on the wheel, crucify, empale, impale, flay, lynch, electrocute, gas, send to the gas chamber, torture, put on, put to the rack, picket, banish, exile, transport, expel, ostracize, rusticate, drum out, dismiss, disbar, disbench, strike off the roll, unfrock, post, suffer, suffer for, suffer punishment, be flogged, be executed, suffer the ultimate penalty, be hanged, come to the gallows, mount the gallows, swing, twist in the wind, dance upon nothing, die in one's shoes, be rightly served, be electrocuted, fry, ride the lightning, face the firing squad.

Impulse

VB flash on the mind, say what comes uppermost, improvise, extemporize, give an impetus, impel, push, start, give a start to, set going, drive, urge, boom, thrust, prod, foin, cant, elbow, shoulder, jostle, justle, hustle, hurtle, shove, jog, jolt, encounter, run against, bump against, butt against, knock one's head against, run one's head against, impinge, boost, bunt, carom, clip y, fan, fan out, jab, plug, strike, knock, hit, tap, rap, slap, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash, punch, thwack, whack, hit hard, strike hard, swap, batter, dowse, baste, pelt, patter, buffet, belabor, fetch one a blow, poke at, pink, lunge, yerk, kick, calcitrate, butt, strike at, whip, come into a collision, enter into collision, collide, sideswipe, foul, fall foul of, run foul of, telescope, throw.

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