baste
1 of 3verb (1)
transitive verb
baste
2 of 3verb (2)
transitive verb
baste
3 of 3verb (3)
transitive verb
Synonyms
Verb (3)
- bawl out
- berate
- call down
- castigate
- chastise
- chew out
- dress down
- flay
- hammer
- jaw
- keelhaul
- lambaste
- lambast
- lecture
- rag
- rail (at or against)
- rant (at)
- rate
- ream (out)
- rebuke
- reprimand
- reproach
- scold
- score
- tongue-lash
- upbraid
Word History
Verb (1)
Middle English basten, borrowed from Middle French bastir, going back to Old Low Franconian *bastjan, going back to Germanic, "to bind or weave with bast strips" (whence Middle Dutch besten "to tie up, fasten with loose stitches," Old High German, "to bind with bast, mend"), verbal derivative of *basta- bast
Verb (2)
Middle English baisten, of obscure origin
Verb (3)
probably from Old Norse beysta; akin to Old English bēatan to beat
Verb (1)
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Verb (2)
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Verb (3)
1533, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
baste 1 of 2
verb
baste
2 of 2verb
bastes
verb
Synonyms & Similar Words
- scolds
- lectures
- reprimands
- blames
- criticizes
- flays
- upbraids
- berates
- rags
- lambastes
- admonishes
- chastises
- lambasts
- castigates
- reproaches
- mocks
- jaws
- calls down
- bawls out
- lays into
- rebukes
- hammers
- reviles
- dresses down
- attacks
- rates
- chides
- assails
- reproves
- pans
- faults
- reads the riot act (to)
- keelhauls
- excoriates
- rails (at or against)
- crucifies
- rants (at)
- disparages
- tongue-lashes
- chews out
- scores
- harangues
- takes to task
- denounces
- slams
- belittles
- reams (out)
- knocks
- condemns
- ridicules
- censures
- scourges
- lashes
- scoffs
- disses
- blasts
- scorns
- abuses
- bad-mouths
- vituperates
- reprehends
- remonstrates (with)
- laces (into)
- puts down
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- approves
- indorses
- endorses
- extols
- sanctions
- praises
- lauds
- extolls
Synonyms & Similar Words
- licks
- hides
- pounds
- whips
- does
- pelts
- lashes
- slaps
- beats
- chops
- lathers
- knocks
- threshes
- batters
- thumps
- punches
- spanks
- attacks
- assaults
- hits
- mauls
- tans
- slams
- lambastes
- pummels
- smashes
- bashes
- flogs
- thrashes
- bludgeons
- curries
- bats
- smacks
- wallops
- whaps
- slates
- laces
- wounds
- belabors
- works over
- hammers
- switches
- whops
- paddles
- boxes
- lambasts
- whacks
- belts
- fibs
- buffets
- pommels
- slogs
- clouts
- storms
- birches
- whups
- whales
- raids
- drubs
- whams
- tromps
- punches out
- swipes
- clubs
- assails
- lams
- swats
- rushes
- thwacks
- pastes
- straps
- bungs up
- lacerates
- beats up on
- cuffs
- cracks
- besets
- mutilates
- socks
- leathers
- gores
- roughs (up)
- cowhides
- flagellates
- clobbers
- whomps
- messes (up)
- maims
- scourges
- busts
- lays on
- mangles
- rawhides
- cudgels
- canes
- horsewhips
- blackjacks
- fustigates
- jumps (on)
- descends (on or upon)
- pistol-whips
- pounces (on or upon)