baste up

verb

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

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Meanings

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

present singular third person bastes up · participle present basting up · participle past basted up · past basted up

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

baste up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baste%20up

MLA

“baste up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baste%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “baste up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baste%20up.

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