Examples of “baste” in a Sentence

verb To drip melted fat, butter, or juices over food (usually meat) while it cooks, to keep it moist.

• Baste the turkey every twenty minutes so the skin stays juicy.
• She basted the chicken with garlic butter as it roasted.

verb To sew with long, loose, temporary stitches before the final sewing.

• He basted the hem in place before stitching it properly on the machine.