📖 B — The English dictionary · page 10

basalt — Everyday, meaning 1: A hard, dark grey or black rock made when hot lava from a volcano cools quickly.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (adjective use) Made of this rock: basalt columns.↗ Example: Basalt forms when lava cools quickly.↗ · The Giant's Causeway is made of thousands of basalt columns.↗ · Basalt is dark and very hard.↗ · Most of the ocean floor is made of basalt.↗ · We sorted the rocks: granite, chalk and basalt.↗ · Many columns have six sides, like hexagons.↗

basaltic — Everyday, meaning 1: Made of basalt, a dark, heavy rock that forms when lava from a volcano cools quickly.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Like basalt or containing a lot of it.↗ Example: The Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland is made of basaltic columns.↗ · Basaltic lava is runny and flows a long way.↗ · Most of the ocean floor is basaltic rock.↗ · The island has black basaltic beaches.↗ · Our rock kit has a basaltic sample that feels heavy.↗ · The Moon's dark patches are basaltic plains.↗ · Volcanoes in Hawaii pour out basaltic lava.↗

base — Everyday, meaning 1: The base of something is its bottom part or the part it stands on.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A base is a main place where people live or work from, like a camp or army base, or the safe spot in a game.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In maths, the base of a shape is the side or face it sits on.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In maths, a number system has a base, like base ten.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: In science, a base is a chemical that is the opposite of an acid, like soap or baking soda.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: In baseball and rounders, a base is one of the places a runner must reach.↗ Everyday, meaning 7: To base something on another thing means to use it as the starting point, like a film based on a book.↗ Everyday, meaning 8: Base can also describe something low, mean or dishonourable, such as a base act.↗ Example: The lamp has a heavy base so it won't fall over.↗ · We had a picnic at the base of the mountain.↗ · Measure the base and the height of the triangle.↗ · Our number system is base ten.↗ · Soap is a base, and lemon juice is an acid.↗ · She ran to second base.↗ · In tag, you are safe when you are on base.↗ · The film is based on a book by Roald Dahl.↗ · The explorers set up a base camp.↗ · "My husband," answered the wife, "beware, I pray, of your doing anything so base!↗ · And thou shalt anoint the laver and its base, and sanctify it.↗ (Torah EXO.40.11, JPS 1917)↗ · and the altar of burnt-offering with all its vessels, and the laver and its base; (Torah EXO.31.9, JPS 1917)↗ · and the altar of burnt-offering with all the vessels thereof, and the laver and the base thereof.↗ (Torah EXO.30.28, JPS 1917)↗ · and the ten bases, and the ten lavers on the bases; (Prophets 1KI.7.43, JPS 1917)↗ · Is it fit to say to a king: 'Thou art base'?↗ (Writings JOB.34.18, JPS 1917)↗ · Now the sons of Eli were base men; they knew not the LORD.↗ (Prophets 1SA.2.12, JPS 1917)↗

baseball — Everyday, meaning 1: Baseball is a game where two teams of 9 take turns to hit a ball with a bat and run around four bases.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A baseball is the hard, white ball used in this game.↗ Example: He has 45 baseball cards.↗ · A baseball team has 9 players.↗ · The team scored 6 runs in the baseball game.↗ · She bought 3 baseballs.↗ · He wears his baseball cap backward.↗ · A baseball game usually has 9 innings.↗ · We went to a baseball game at the stadium.↗ · She hit the baseball over the fence.↗ · Baseball is played in spring and summer.↗ · The batter has three strikes before he is out.↗

baseline — Everyday, meaning 1: A starting measurement that you use to compare later results with.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In tennis and some other sports, the line at the back of each end of the court.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A basic line or level, such as the lowest acceptable standard.↗ Example: We measured the plant's height as a baseline before adding fertiliser.↗ · The baseline test showed what we knew in September.↗ · My resting heart rate is my baseline before running.↗ · She hit the ball right on the baseline.↗ · Stand behind the baseline to serve.↗ · Compared with the baseline, the temperature rose by 5 degrees.↗ · A baseline helps you see if your spelling has improved.↗

basely — Everyday, meaning 1: Basely means in a mean, shameful way, without honour or fairness.↗ Example: He basely stole the prize from his friend.↗ · She acted basely when she lied to the king.↗ · They treated the old man basely.↗

basement — Everyday, meaning 1: A basement is a room or floor of a building that is partly or fully under the ground.↗ Example: We keep our old toys in the basement.↗ · The washing machine is in the basement.↗ · During a tornado warning, go to the basement.↗ · The basement flooded after the storm.↗ · The creaky stairs led down to the dark basement.↗ · Our basement has a games room.↗ · The shop sells shoes in the basement.↗ · The basement is cool in summer.↗ · There is a room in the basement of Miss Fulsom’s school where the nurses wait.↗ · I saw also that the house had a raised basement round about; the foundations of the side-chambers were a full reed of six cubits to the joining.↗ (Prophets EZK.41.8, JPS 1917)↗

bashful — Everyday, meaning 1: Bashful means shy and easily embarrassed, not wanting to be looked at or to speak in front of others.↗ Example: The bashful girl hid behind her mother.↗ · He went red when they praised him, he was so bashful.↗ · The bashful puppy would not come out from under the bed.↗

basic — Everyday, meaning 1: Basic means simple and the most important, the first part that everything else is built on: basic facts, basic skills.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Basic means plain, without extras: a basic phone, a basic room.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Basic needs are things everyone must have to live, like food, water, shelter and safety.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In chemistry, basic means alkaline, the opposite of acidic.↗ Example: Learn the basic facts first: 6 × 7 = 42.↗ · Food, water and shelter are basic needs.↗ · We learned the basics of first aid.↗ · The cabin was very basic, with no electricity.↗ · This is a basic phone with no internet.↗ · Reading is a basic skill for every subject.↗ · Let's go back to basics and practise adding.↗ · Soap is basic, and lemon juice is acidic.↗

basically — Everyday, meaning 1: Basically means in the most important way, when you think about the main idea.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Basically is often used to sum up or explain simply: «Basically, we lost.».↗ Example: Basically, a plant needs light, water and air.↗ · The two games are basically the same.↗ · Basically, I forgot my homework.↗ · A tadpole is basically a baby frog.↗ · The plan is basically to walk to the park and have a picnic.↗ · It's basically a bigger version of a tricycle.↗

basil — Everyday, meaning 1: Basil is a sweet green herb with shiny leaves, used to flavour food, especially tomato dishes and pasta.↗ Example: Mum put fresh basil on the pizza.↗ · The pot of basil sat in the sunny window.↗ · Basil smells sweet when you crush the leaves.↗

basilisk — Everyday, meaning 1: In old fairy tales, a basilisk is a monstrous serpent or lizard whose look could kill.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A basilisk is a real lizard of warm places that can run across water on its back legs.↗ Example: The knight feared the basilisk's deadly stare.↗ · In the story, a basilisk guarded the golden well.↗ · Some lizards can run on water, like the basilisk.↗ · At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like a basilisk.↗ (Writings PRO.23.32, JPS 1917)↗ · For, behold, I will send serpents, basilisks, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.↗ (Prophets JER.8.17, JPS 1917)↗ · And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the basilisk's den.↗ (Prophets ISA.11.8, JPS 1917)↗

basin — Everyday, meaning 1: A round bowl for holding liquid or food, especially for mixing or washing.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A washbasin: a sink in a bathroom.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (geography) The area of land drained by a river and its streams: the Amazon basin.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (geography) A bowl-shaped dip in the land or a sheltered area of water, like a harbour basin.↗ Example: Mix the flour and eggs in a large basin.↗ · Wash your hands in the basin.↗ · The Amazon basin is home to the largest rainforest.↗ · Gran steamed the pudding in a basin.↗ · The boats were moored in the harbour basin.↗ · Fill the basin with warm water.↗ · Schacabac saw no boy, nor basin, nor water.↗ · And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he dashed against the altar.↗ (Torah EXO.24.6, JPS 1917)↗ · And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, the flesh-hooks, and the fire-pans; all the vessels thereof made he of brass.↗ (Torah EXO.38.3, JPS 1917)↗ · This was the dedication-offering of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, at the hands of the princes of Israel: twelve silver dishes, twelve silver basins, twelve golden pans; (Torah NUM.7.84, JPS 1917)↗ · And he made a hundred basins of gold.↗ (Writings 2CH.4.8, JPS 1917)↗ · And Hiram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins.↗ (Prophets 1KI.7.40, JPS 1917)↗ · And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins.↗ (Writings 2CH.4.11, JPS 1917)↗

basis — Everyday, meaning 1: The main idea, fact or thing that something is built on or starts from.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The way or how often something is done (on a daily basis = every day).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A reason for an opinion or decision (no basis for the rumour).↗ Example: Bread is the basis of many meals.↗ · We meet on a weekly basis.↗ · On the basis of the evidence, the detective chose a suspect.↗ · There is no basis for that rumour.↗ · The story was the basis for a famous film.↗ · Places are given on a first-come, first-served basis.↗ · Kindness is the basis of a good friendship.↗ · This appears to be a somewhat insufficient basis for such a conclusion.↗ · The three fundamental letters א״מ״ש have as their basis the balance.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · The three fundamental letters א"מ"ש have as their basis the balance.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · The whole creation is thus contemplated as a pyramid, terminating in a point at the top with a broad basis.↗ [See Dr. Graetz's Gnosticismus, p. 224.]↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

bask — Everyday, meaning 1: To lie or sit enjoying warmth, especially sunlight.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To enjoy attention, praise or success.↗ Example: The lizard basked on a warm rock.↗ · Seals basked on the beach.↗ · The cat basked in the sunshine by the window.↗ · She basked in her teacher's praise.↗ · The team basked in the glory of their win.↗ · Snakes bask to warm their bodies.↗ · Time passed on, and one morning Gon lay before the house door, basking in the sun.↗

basket — Everyday, meaning 1: A basket is a container made of woven strips, used to carry things like fruit or bread.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In basketball, the basket is the net the ball goes through, and a basket is a score.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A shopping basket is what you put things in at a shop or online.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A basket can also be a cosy bed for a pet, such as a dog's basket.↗ Early Modern English, meaning 1: A container made of woven strips.↗ Example: There are 5 baskets with 12 peaches in each.↗ · She put 48 apples into 6 baskets.↗ · One basket has 7 red apples and 3 green apples.↗ · How many baskets does he need for 30 eggs?↗ · We packed sandwiches in the picnic basket.↗ · Put the milk in the shopping basket.↗ · She scored a basket in the last second.↗ · The cat sleeps in a basket.↗ · He was already in his basket.↗ · Blessed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.↗ (Torah DEU.28.5, JPS 1917)↗ · Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.↗ (Torah DEU.28.17, JPS 1917)↗ · And Joseph answered and said: 'This is the interpretation thereof: the three baskets are three days; (Torah GEN.40.18, JPS 1917)↗ · Thus the Lord GOD showed me; and behold a basket of summer fruit.↗ (Prophets AMO.8.1, JPS 1917)↗ · 'I removed his shoulder from the burden; His hands were freed from the basket.↗ (Writings PSA.81.7, JPS 1917)↗ · One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.↗ (Prophets JER.24.2, JPS 1917)↗ · Blessed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.↗ (Torah DEU.28.5, JPS 1917) · He was already in his basket.↗ (Peter Pan) · Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.↗ (Torah DEU.28.17, JPS 1917)

basketball — Everyday, meaning 1: Basketball is a team game where players bounce the ball and try to throw it through a high hoop with a net.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A basketball is the large orange ball used in the game.↗ Example: We play basketball in PE.↗ · He bounced the basketball down the court.↗ · Each team has five players on the court.↗ · She scored a basket from far away for three points.↗ · The basketball hoop is very high.↗ · Can I borrow your basketball?↗ · Our team won the basketball match.↗ · Tall players are good at basketball.↗

basketful — Everyday, meaning 1: A basketful is as much as a basket will hold, a basket full of things.↗ Example: She picked a basketful of apples.↗ · The fox asked for a basketful of eggs.↗ · Bring me a basketful of peas.↗