basket

noun baskets

1. countable, uncountable A lightweight woven container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom. A basket of fake fruit adorned the table.
2. broadly, countable, uncountable A bed for a cat.
3. countable, uncountable A wire or plastic container similar in shape to a basket, used for carrying articles for purchase in a shop.

   Similar: cart, shopping basket, shopping cart

4. Internet, countable, uncountable In an online shop, a listing of a customer's chosen items before they are ordered.

   Similar: cart, shopping basket, shopping cart

5. countable, figuratively, uncountable A set or collection of intangible things. 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.
6. countable, uncountable 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.
7. countable, uncountable The act of putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points. The last-second basket sealed the victory.
8. uncountable The game of basketball. Let's play some basket.
9. countable, uncountable 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.
10. countable, slang, uncountable The penis and region surrounding it.
11. countable, slang, uncountable The bulge of the penis seen through clothing.
12. countable, obsolete, uncountable 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.
13. archaic, countable, uncountable A protection for the hand on a sword or a singlestick; a guard of a bladed weapon.
14. archaic, countable, uncountable A singlestick with a basket hilt. Baw! damme, but I'll fight you both, one after the other——with baskets.
15. countable, uncountable A usually disc-like piece attached near the bottom of a ski pole to prevent it from sinking too deep into the snow.
16. countable, uncountable The gondola or wicker basket suspended from the balloon, in which the pilot and passengers travel. 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
17. countable, uncountable 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
18. countable, euphemistic, informal, uncountable Bastard. Wait till I catch you, you little basket!
19. countable, uncountable A drogue (or para-drogue) in the probe-and-drogue refueling method Don't smoosh the basket.
20. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Short for basket of goods

Similar: basketball, hoops, penile crotch bulge

verb baskets · basketing · basketed

1. transitive To place in a basket or baskets.
2. transitive 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.