baste

nouns

a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together
baste, basting, basting stitch, tacking

verbs

cover with liquid before cooking
"baste a roast"
baste
entails
transform and make suitable for consumption by heating
"These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"
cook
domain category
the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
"cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
cookery, cooking, preparation
is a type of (narrower)
make moist
"The dew moistened the meadows"
dampen, moisten, wash
strike violently and repeatedly
"She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"
baste, batter, clobber
sew together loosely, with large stitches
"baste a hem"
baste, tack