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valella — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • baste verb To drip melted fat, butter, or juices over food (usually meat) while it cooks, to keep it moist.
  • drizzle noun Very light rain made up of fine, closely spaced droplets.

Senses

valella is used for these senses in English:

  • baste (transitive) To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
  • drizzle (cooking, transitive) To pour slowly and evenly, especially oil or honey in cooking.

baste — full definition

  1. verb To drip melted fat, butter, or juices over food (usually meat) while it cooks, to keep it moist.
  2. verb To sew with long, loose, temporary stitches before the final sewing.

drizzle — full definition

  1. noun Very light rain made up of fine, closely spaced droplets.
  2. verb To rain lightly, or to pour a liquid slowly and thinly over food.

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