Basketing
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Basketing is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of basket.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of basket.
More Meanings
- (rare) The act of grouping together in, or as if in, a basket.
Example Sentences
They are chippings and basketings of maxims and quotations, and of anecdotes, often classical, put together inductively, or rather by "simple enumeration" of the pros and cons.
[…] such fillings of camphor and cologne bottles; such bagging of cloaks and India-rubbers; such basketings of cake and oranges, which both Mrs. Pell and the captain were convinced could not be obtained after once leaving New York!
Word Forms
- basketings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include basketful, handbasket, hoop, hamper, wastebasket, pail.
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