Basket
['bɑːskɪt] or ['bæskɪt]
Definition
(noun.) a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop.
(noun.) a container that is usually woven and has handles.
(noun.) horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball.
(noun.) the quantity contained in a basket.
Edited by Lelia--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven.
(n.) The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains; as, a basket of peaches.
(n.) The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.
(n.) The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a stagecoach.
(v. t.) To put into a basket.
Typed by Gordon
Definition
n. a vessel made of plaited twigs rushes or other flexible materials.—ns. Bas′ketful as much as fills a basket; Bas′ket-hilt the hilt of a sword with a covering wrought like basket-work to defend the hand from injury; Bas′ket-mak′er; Bas′ket-work any structure of interlaced twigs or the like.
Typist: Steven
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing or carrying a basket, signifies that you will meet unqualified success, if the basket is full; but empty baskets indicate discontent and sorrow.
Typist: Tito
Examples
- Then suppose you try, ma'am,' said Bounderby, laying an envelope with a cheque in it in her little basket. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The former was carrying a heavy basket up the cellar stairs. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The soldier with the basket soon got a light, and lighted three or four torches, and took one himself and distributed the others. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Let, thenthe rains fall, and the floods descend--only I must first get rid of this basket of fruit. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I had _so_, she said, as with her usual groan, she got her basket on her head, and walked sullenly away. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Jew's basket be--sold! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The other bird remained as before, except for an impatient glance at the basket. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Somewhat confounded, Miss Wren parried the pleasantry, and sat down in a corner behind the door, with her basket in her lap. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The completed envelope was then thrown out into a basket, or it slided out of the machine on to those before made. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The person who had been called Misse Cassy now came forward, and, with a haughty, negligent air, delivered her basket. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- You will be to visit me in prison with a basket of provisions; you will not refuse to visit me in prison? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Puzzled by the sudden change in her tone, he mechanically gathered a handful of wood from the basket and tossed it on the fire. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- There was a basket of champagne. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In her snowy-frilled cap she reminded one of that delightful Frenchwoman whom we have all seen marketing, basket on arm. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She set down her basket, squatted herself down, and resting her elbows on her knees said, O Lord! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I think either of these methods is preferable to attempting to carry ensilage in baskets any distance. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I shall wear a large bonnet, and bring one of my little baskets hanging on my arm. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Every morning I had two large baskets of vegetables from the Detroit market loaded in the mail-car and sent to Port Huron, where the boy would take them to the store. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Minnie stayed behind to fold up what they had made, and pack it in two baskets. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Afterwards a number of maidens, with vine-leaf-decorated amphoras of wine, baskets of figs, and bunches of grapes. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The evergreen arch wouldn't stay firm after she got it up, but wiggled and threatened to tumble down on her head when the hanging baskets were filled. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The market people crowd the marketplace with their baskets of figs, dates, melons, apricots, etc. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Saracens produced from their baskets a quantity of charcoal, a pair of bellows, and a flask of oil. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Mendicant priests do not prowl among them with baskets begging for the church and eating up their substance. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Their waste-paper baskets 'd be fairly brimming, and papers falling over on the floor. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Slowly the weary, dispirited creatures, wound their way into the room, and, with crouching reluctance, presented their baskets to be weighed. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Workmen, tools, and supplies are lowered in baskets through a central tube _BC_ provided with an air chamber _L_, having air-tight gates at _A_ and _A'_. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The fronds are wrought into baskets, brooms, mats, sacks and many other useful articles; and the trunks are made into boats, and furnish timber for the construction of houses. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- At four o'clock a lull took place, and baskets remained empty, while the apple pickers rested and compared rents and bruises. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The chaise soon came round to the front of the shop, and the baskets being put in first, I was put in next, and those three followed. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Edited by Ben