imbastire
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /im.baˈsti.re/
- Rhymes: -ire
- Hyphenation: im‧ba‧stì‧re
Verb
imbastìre (first-person singular present imbastìsco, first-person singular past historic imbastìi, past participle imbastìto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- (sewing) to baste or tack (to sew with long stitches, for temporary use)
- (hatmaking) to wind the pile onto the basting drum
- (by extension) to mount (a construction) temporarily
- to outline (a speech, etc.)
- to fix, to settle on (a plan of attack, a prank, etc.)
- (shipbuilding) to begin construction of (a ship)
- Synonym: impostare
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Further reading
- imbastire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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