Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to baste
Participle: basted
Gerund: basting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | baste |
| you | baste |
| he;she;it | bastes |
| we | baste |
| you | baste |
| they | baste |
Perfect
| I | have basted |
| you | have basted |
| he;she;it | has basted |
| we | have basted |
| you | have basted |
| they | have basted |
Past
| I | basted |
| you | basted |
| he;she;it | basted |
| we | basted |
| you | basted |
| they | basted |
Pluperfect
| I | had basted |
| you | had basted |
| he;she;it | had basted |
| we | had basted |
| you | had basted |
| they | had basted |
Future
| I | will baste |
| you | will baste |
| he;she;it | will baste |
| we | will baste |
| you | will baste |
| they | will baste |
Future Perfect
| I | will have basted |
| you | will have basted |
| he;she;it | will have basted |
| we | will have basted |
| you | will have basted |
| they | will have basted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | baste |
| you | baste |
| he;she;it | baste |
| we | baste |
| you | baste |
| they | baste |
Perfect
| I | have basted |
| you | have basted |
| he;she;it | have basted |
| we | have basted |
| you | have basted |
| they | have basted |
Imperfect
| I | basted |
| you | basted |
| he;she;it | basted |
| we | basted |
| you | basted |
| they | basted |
Pluperfect
| I | had basted |
| you | had basted |
| he;she;it | had basted |
| we | had basted |
| you | had basted |
| they | had basted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would baste |
| you | would baste |
| he;she;it | would baste |
| we | would baste |
| you | would baste |
| they | would baste |
Perfect
| I | would have basted |
| you | would have basted |
| he;she;it | would have basted |
| we | would have basted |
| you | would have basted |
| they | would have basted |
Imperative
| you | baste |
| we | Let's baste |
| you | baste |
Verbs conjugated like 'baste'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'baste'
base,
bate,
haste,
paste,
taste,
waste,
abase,
abate,
ante,
aske,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to administer a physical blow
- bang, batter, beat, belabor, blow, boom-boom, buffet, butt, dab, dash, dowse, fetch one a blow, flap, give toco, hammer, hit, kick, knock, lunge, pat, patter, pelt, pink, poke, pound, pummel, punch, rap, slam, slap, strike, swap, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, whack, whip, yerk
- beat
- thrash, trounce, club, pummel, lambaste, batter
Antonyms
- beat
- stroke, pat, shelter, protect
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "sew together loosely," c.1440, from O.Fr.
bastir, from Frank.
*bastjan "to sew or bind with bast," from P.Gmc.
*bastjan "join together with bast" (see bast).
2. Late Middle English, from Old French bastir (“build, construct, sew up (a garment)”). See: Old French '
bastir'.
Sample Sentences
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He bastes the coat together with thick white thread almost like string, using stitches big enough to be ripped out easily later. [1991 June 14, J.F. Pirro, “Custom Work”, in Chicago Reader:]