Blasted vs Basted - What's the difference?
blasted | basted |
(blast)
Which has been subjected to an explosion.
Which has been subjected to violent gusts of wind.
(slang, slightly, dated) Accursed; damned.
(heraldry) Whose branches bear no leaves; leafless.
Intoxicated, drunk.
(baste)
To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.
* {{quote-news, year=1991, date=June 14, author=J.F. Pirro, title=Custom Work, work=Chicago Reader
, passage=He bastes the coat together with thick white thread almost like string, using stitches big enough to be ripped out easily later. }}
To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
(by extension) To coat over something
* {{quote-news, year=2001, date=April 20, author=Peter Margasak, title=Almost Famous, work=Chicago Reader
, passage=Ice Cold Daydream" bastes the bayou funk of the Meters in swirling psychedelia, while "Sweet Thang," a swampy blues cowritten with his dad, sounds like something from Dr. John's "Night Tripper" phase. }}
To mark (sheep, etc.) with tar.
To beat with a stick; to cudgel.
* Samuel Pepys
As verbs the difference between blasted and basted
is that blasted is (blast) while basted is (baste).As an adjective blasted
is which has been subjected to an explosion.As an adverb blasted
is (euphemistic) damned; extremely.blasted
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(head)Adjective
(-)- The remains of the blasted tank were testament to the power of the landmine it had hit.
- I’ve tried for 2 hours to make this blasted part fit, and it still won’t go in.
- Dude, we got fucking blasted last night.
basted
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(head)Anagrams
*baste
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Verb
(bast)citation
Etymology 2
.Verb
(bast)citation
Etymology 3
Perhaps from the cookery sense of baste or from some Scandinavian source. Compare (etyl) (whence (etyl) ). Compare also (etyl) and (etyl)Verb
(bast)- One man was basted by the keeper for carrying some people over on his back through the waters.
