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(baste) 1 syllables

Definition

verb. to moisten food while cooking to add flavor.

Example Sentence

Teresa will baste the chicken in the sauce. OR Sue will baste the hem.

More Example Sentences

She basted the chicken with sauce.

Synonyms

moisten; drizzle; soak

Antonyms

dry

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Rhymes

  • aced
  • based
  • baste
  • braced
  • cased
  • chased
  • chaste
  • faced
  • graced
  • haste
  • laced
  • paced
  • paste
  • placed
  • raced
  • spaced
  • taste
  • traced
  • waist
  • waste

  • abased
  • debased
  • defaced
  • disgraced
  • displaced
  • distaste
  • embraced
  • encased
  • erased
  • foretaste
  • lambaste
  • misplaced
  • replaced
  • retraced
  • unplaced

  • interlaced
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