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🍗 To moisten food 🧵 To sew loosely 🧵 A loose stitch 👊 To hit hard
baste

baste

1 7.0
A loose temporary stitch that holds fabric before final sewing
  • noun
  • /beɪst/
  • Specialized
translation icon : hilván

Examples

  • I always cover my bird with bacon and baste, baste, baste!

    Blog text (27)

  • I always cover my bird with bacon and baste, baste, baste!

    Blog text (27)

  • I always cover my bird with bacon and baste, baste, baste!

    Blog text (27)

  • Flips eggs, bastes, and covers them.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • It says 'baste' in the instructions, but I remembered hand-basting last time and it worked well.

    Blog text (17)

  • A baste is often used to temporarily hold fabric layers together while sewing a quilt.

  • Before final sewing, she added a baste to secure the delicate fabric layers.

  • Using a baste helps ensure that the pieces stay aligned until they are permanently stitched.

Synonyms

basting
vsbaste
  • Specialized
1 6.3

A loose temporary stitch that holds fabric pieces before final sewing

has identical meaning and is interchangeable in this sewing context
basting stitch
vsbaste
  • Specialized
7.0

A long loose temporary stitch that holds fabric layers before final sewing

is the general name for the temporary holding stitch without length emphasis
tacking
vsbaste
  • Specialized
7.0

A loose temporary stitch that holds fabric layers before final sewing

is an alternative term used for the same temporary holding stitch

Antonyms

to unsew
8.4

To remove stitches from cloth or clothing

How Permanent

backstitch
  • Specialized
1 8.0
baste
  • Specialized
1 7.0
running stitch
  • Specialized
1 3.5

Surface Forms

baste singular
bastes plural

Etymology

The word baste for a loose sewing stitch comes from the old French word bastir meaning 'to build' or 'prepare'. A baste was a quick stitch made to 'prepare' the fabric for the final sewing, which is why it is loose and easy to remove.