| bast
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(noun) strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants |
Synonyms:
bast fiber |
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| (noun) (botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes |
Synonyms:
phloem |
| bastard
|
(noun) insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous |
Synonyms:
prick,
shit,
asshole,
mother fucker,
motherfucker,
dickhead,
whoreson,
SOB,
son of a bitch,
cocksucker |
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| (noun) the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents |
Synonyms:
illegitimate,
illegitimate child,
whoreson,
by-blow,
love child |
| (noun) derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin |
Synonyms:
mongrel |
| (adjective) fraudulent; having a misleading appearance |
Synonyms:
phoney,
phony,
bogus,
fake |
| bastardisation
|
(noun) an act that debases or corrupts |
Synonyms:
bastardization |
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| bastardise
|
(verb) change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms |
Synonyms:
bastardize |
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| (verb) declare a child to be illegitimate |
Synonyms:
bastardize |
| bastardised
|
(adjective) deriving from more than one source or style |
Synonyms:
bastardized |
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| bastardization
|
(noun) declaring or rendering bastard |
- |
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| (noun) an act that debases or corrupts |
Synonyms:
bastardisation |
| bastardize
|
(verb) change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms |
Synonyms:
bastardise |
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| (verb) declare a child to be illegitimate |
Synonyms:
bastardise |
| bastardized
|
(adjective) deriving from more than one source or style |
Synonyms:
bastardised |
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| bastardly
|
(adjective) born out of wedlock |
Synonyms:
misbegot,
misbegotten,
spurious |
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| (adjective) of no value or worth |
Synonyms:
mean |
| bastardy
|
(noun) the status of being born to parents who were not married |
Synonyms:
bar sinister,
illegitimacy |
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| baste
|
(verb) cover with liquid before cooking |
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| (verb) strike violently and repeatedly |
Synonyms:
batter,
clobber |
| (verb) sew together loosely, with large stitches |
Synonyms:
tack |
| (noun) a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together |
Synonyms:
basting,
tacking,
basting stitch |
| baster
|
(noun) a cook who bastes roasting meat with melted fat or gravy |
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| (noun) a sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches |
Synonyms:
tacker |
| (noun) a tube with a rubber bulb used to take up and release melted fat or gravy in order to moisten roasting meat |
- |
| bastille
|
(noun) a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner) |
- |
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| bastinado
|
(noun) a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet |
- |
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| (noun) a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels |
Synonyms:
falanga |
| (verb) beat somebody on the soles of the feet |
- |
| basting
|
(noun) a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together |
Synonyms:
tacking,
baste,
basting stitch |
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| (noun) moistening a roast as it is cooking |
- |
| bastion
|
(noun) a group that defends a principle |
- |
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| (noun) a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle |
Synonyms:
citadel |
| (noun) projecting part of a rampart or other fortification |
- |
| bastioned
|
(adjective) secured with bastions or fortifications |
Synonyms:
fortified |
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| bastnaesite
|
(noun) a yellow-to-brown mineral that is a source of rare earth elements |
Synonyms:
bastnasite |
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| bastnasite
|
(noun) a yellow-to-brown mineral that is a source of rare earth elements |
Synonyms:
bastnaesite |
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