baster

English

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Etymology

baste +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈbeɪstɚ/
• (UK) IPA: /ˈbeɪstə/
• Rhymes: -eɪstə(ɹ)

Noun

baster (plural basters)

1. One who bastes.
2. A tool for basting meat with fat or gravy.
   • 2009, Danielle Corsetto, Girls with Slingshots

     Hmm, yeah, but we didn’t have a turkey baster.

Translations

one who bastes

tool for basting

Anagrams

• barest, bestar, breast, Tarbes

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Middle French

Verb

baster

1. to put a packsaddle on

Conjugation

   Conjugation of baster

		simple			compound
infinitive		baster			avoir basté
gerund		en bastant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		bastant
past participle		basté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (may be j' before a vowel)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils, elles
simple tenses	present	baste	bastes	baste	bastons	bastez	bastent
	imperfect	bastois, bastoys	bastois, bastoys	bastoit, bastoyt	bastions, bastyons	bastiez, bastyez	bastoient, bastoyent
	past historic	basta	bastas	basta	bastasmes	bastastes	basterent
	future	basterai, basteray	basteras	bastera	basterons	basterez	basteront
	conditional	basterois, basteroys	basterois, basteroys	basteroit, basteroyt	basterions, basteryons	basteriez, basteryez	basteroient, basteroyent
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je	que tu	qu'il	que nous	que vous	qu'ils, qu'elles
simple tenses	present	baste	bastes	baste	bastons	bastez	bastent
	imperfect	bastasse	bastasses	bastast	bastassions	bastassiez	bastassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	baste	—	bastons	bastez	—

Descendants

• French: bâter

References

• "bâter" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).