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baste up

baste up verb: to prepare or treat a fabric by basting (to sew with long or loose stitches).

Verb

baste up (third-person singular simple present bastes up, present participle basting up, simple past and past participle basted up)

  1. (transitive) To prepare or treat a fabric by basting (to sew with long or loose stitches).

Forms of baste up

third-person singular presentbastes up
present participlebasting up
past participlebasted up
pastbasted up

Questions about baste up

What does baste up mean?
Baste up means to prepare or treat a fabric by basting (to sew with long or loose stitches).
What part of speech is baste up?
Baste up is a verb.
What is the past tense of baste up?
The past tense of baste up is basted up.

Words near baste up in the dictionary

  1. bastardswords
  2. bastardy
  3. bastardy bond
  4. bastardy bonds
  5. baste
  6. baste up
  7. basted
  8. basted up
  9. bastee
  10. bastees
  11. bastegh

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