Baste

v. attach with loose stitches (Sewing); drip fat on meat during cooking; beat, hit

This is about the cooking method. For the sewing term "basting stitch," see tack (sewing). Basting involves cooking meat with either its own juices or some type of preparation such as a barbecue sauce or marinade. Prominently used in barbecue, grilling, rotisserie, roasting and other meat preparations where the meat is over heat for extended periods of time. Basting flavors the meat and keeps it moist. Often a brush or other absorbent tool is used to reapply or redistribute the basting liquid during cooking.
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Noun
1. loose temporary stitches
(synonym) basting, tacking
(hypernym) stitch
(derivation) tack
Verb
1. cover with liquid before cooking; "baste a roast"
(hypernym) moisten, wash, dampen
(entail) cook
(classification) cooking, cookery, preparation
2. strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"
(synonym) clobber, batter
(hypernym) beat, beat up, work over
3. sew together loosely, with large stitches; "baste a hem"
(synonym) tack
(hypernym) sew, run up, sew together, stitch
(derivation) basting, tacking

n. bast, strong fibers

interj. pooh