Sekirov Dictionary

basket

UK /ˈbɑːskɪt/US /ˈbæskɪt/

noun 20
verb 2
forms 3
phrases 1

noun20

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a light, often round holder with no cover, smaller at the bottom, made by crossing thin sticks or grass
- A basket of fake fruit adorned the table.
A bed for a cat.
A wire or plastic container similar in shape to a basket, used for carrying articles for purchase in a shop.
The gondola or wicker basket suspended from the balloon, in which the pilot and passengers travel.
(figurative) A set or collection of intangible things.
Short for basket of goods
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A circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the players try to throw the ball.
- The point guard drove toward the basket.
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The act of putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points.
- The last-second basket sealed the victory.
(Internet) In an online shop, a listing of a customer's chosen items before they are ordered.
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The game of basketball.
- Let's play some basket.
(slang) The penis and region surrounding it.
(slang) The bulge of the penis seen through clothing.
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(informal, euphemistic) Bastard.
- Wait till I catch you, you little basket!
A usually disc-like piece attached near the bottom of a ski pole to prevent it from sinking too deep into the snow.
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A drogue (or para-drogue) in the probe-and-drogue refueling method
- Don't smoosh the basket.
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.
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The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.
- Thus the capital of the Corinthian column always resembles a deep narrow basket covered with a tile, and completely surrounded by foliage — 1832
(no longer used) A protection for the hand on a sword or a singlestick; a guard of a bladed weapon.
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(no longer used) A singlestick with a basket hilt.
- Baw! damme, but I'll fight you both, one after the other——with baskets. — 1773
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(no longer used) In a stage-coach, two outside seats facing each other.
- 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. — 1773

verb2

To place in a basket or baskets.
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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.
- Foreign language paperback, serial and book club would be basketed together in a 50/50 subsidiary rights clause. — 1974

forms

basketed · basketing · baskets

Phrases with basket

basket house
A cafe or similar establishment where musical performances are given and the performers are then paid with money placed in a basket by members of the audience.

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