Baste / bāst / verb

1. to cover with liquid before or during cooking

2. to strike violently and repeatedly

3. to sew together loosely with large stitches

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Select all the correct answers.

Which sentences use definition 3 of the word "baste"?

The small children took turns trying to baste the piñata, which was hanging from a tree.

The maids were ordered to baste the quilt to keep the layers in place.

Cooks normally use butter or eggs to baste meat so it has a glazed, brown look.

Before stitching the gown, Marie learned to baste the seams of a dress for a fitting.

Claire returned to the oven every 15 minutes to baste the turkey and turn it so it would become crisp.

The maids were ordered to baste the quilt to keep the layers in place

Before stitching the gown, Marie leanred to baste the semas of a dress for a fitting.

Explanation:

the given deffiniton relates to sewing, or sewing things together. two options use the word and it's deffinition properly.

Answer: The sentences that use definition 3 of the word "baste" are "The maids were ordered to baste the quilt to keep the layers in place" and "Before stitching the gown, Marie learned to baste the seams of a dress for a fitting".

Explanation: In sentences 2 and 4 ("The maids were ordered to baste the quilt to keep the layers in place" and "Before stitching the gown, Marie learned to baste the seams of a dress for a fitting") the word "baste" means to sew with long stitches in order to hold something together. In the case of sentence 2, what is meant to hold together is a quilt, while in sentence 4, what are held in place are the seams of a dress. In that way, both sentences use definition 3 of the word "baste". In contrast, sentence 1 uses definition 2, and sentences 3 and 5 use definition 1.