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Basket

//ˈbɑːs.kɪt// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun

1
A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom. countable, uncountable
"A basket of fake fruit adorned the table."
2
a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop wordnet
3
A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.; A bed for a cat. broadly, countable, uncountable
4
a container that is usually woven and has handles wordnet
5
A wire or plastic container similar in shape to a basket, used for carrying articles for purchase in a shop. countable, uncountable

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6
horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball wordnet
7
In an online shop, a listing of a customer's chosen items before they are ordered. Internet, countable, uncountable
8
the quantity contained in a basket wordnet
9
A set or collection of intangible things. countable, figuratively, uncountable
"The basket of issues that developing countries had vigorously wanted addressed such as agriculture, SANDD and implementation-related issues were given scant attention by developed countries for most part of the conference."
10
A circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the players try to throw the ball. countable, uncountable
"The point guard drove toward the basket."
11
The act of putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points. countable, uncountable
"The last-second basket sealed the victory."
12
The game of basketball. uncountable
"Let's play some basket."
13
A dance movement in some line dances, where men put their arms round the women's lower backs, and the women put their arms over the men's shoulders, and the group (usually of four, any more is difficult) spins round, which should result in the women's feet leaving the ground. countable, uncountable
14
The penis and region surrounding it. countable, slang, uncountable
15
The bulge of the penis seen through clothing. countable, slang, uncountable
16
In a stage-coach, two outside seats facing each other. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"In my time, the follies of the town crept slowly among us, but now they travel faster than a stage-coach. Its fopperies come down not only as inside passengers, but in the very basket."
17
A protection for the hand on a sword or a singlestick; a guard of a bladed weapon. archaic, countable, uncountable
18
A protection for the hand on a sword or a singlestick; a guard of a bladed weapon.; A singlestick with a basket hilt. archaic, countable, uncountable
"Baw! damme, but I'll fight you both, one after the other——with baskets."
19
A usually disc-like piece attached near the bottom of a ski pole to prevent it from sinking too deep into the snow. countable, uncountable
20
The gondola or wicker basket suspended from the balloon, in which the pilot and passengers travel. countable, uncountable
"Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth."
21
The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital. countable, uncountable
"Thus the capital of the Corinthian column always resembles a deep narrow basket covered with a tile, and completely surrounded by foliage"
22
Bastard. countable, euphemistic, informal, uncountable
"Wait till I catch you, you little basket!"
23
A drogue (or para-drogue) in the probe-and-drogue refueling method countable, uncountable
"Don't smoosh the basket."
24
Short for basket of goods abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

Verb

1
To place in a basket or baskets. transitive
2
To cross-collateralize the royalty advances for multiple works so that the creator is not paid until all of those works have achieved a certain level of success. transitive
"Foreign language paperback, serial and book club would be basketed together in a 50/50 subsidiary rights clause."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English basket, from Anglo-Norman baschet, basket, bascat, of obscure origin. One theory is that it derives from Late Latin bascauda (“kettle, table-vessel”), from Proto-Brythonic (in Breton baskodenn), from Proto-Celtic *baskis (“bundle, load”), from purported Proto-Indo-European *bʰask- (“bundle”), but this is now widely viewed as a substrate word for phonetic reasons. Related to Latin fascis (“bundle, package, load”) (whence English fasces), Albanian bokshe (“bundle”), Breton bac'h (“bundle, load”), Ancient Greek φάκελος (phákelos) and βάσκιοι (báskioi) (“bundle (of sticks)”); see also faggot (“(originally) bundle of sticks”).

Etymology 2

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