basen
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basen (third-person singular simple present basens, present participle basening, simple past and past participle basened)
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become base (inferior or unworthy); to lower
- 1897, Sir William Robertson Nicoll, James Macdonell, Journalist, page 186:
- If I had time I should write a long essay to show how much the political, and the ethical, and the theological teaching of the early Friends has basened that of modern England.
- 1956, Carlin T. Kindilien, American poetry in the eighteen nineties:
- The Nation, self-immersed, sinks in the mires;
It basens to a horde of the unjust.
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basen
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basen
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Etymology 1 edit
From English freebase. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
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basen
- (transitive, intransitive, slang) to inhale or insufflate (heated cocaine)
Inflection edit
Inflection of basen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | basen | |||
past singular | basede | |||
past participle | gebased | |||
infinitive | basen | |||
gerund | basen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | base | basede | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | baset | basede | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | baset | basede | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | baset | basede | ||
3rd person singular | baset | basede | ||
plural | basen | baseden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | base | basede | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | basen | baseden | ||
imperative sing. | base | |||
imperative plur.1 | baset | |||
participles | basend | gebased | ||
1) Archaic. |
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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basen
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basen
- Alternative form of basyn
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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basen m
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basen m
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from French bassin, from Old French bacin, from Vulgar Latin *baccinus, *baccinum, probably from Gaulish.
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Noun edit
basen m inan (diminutive basenik)
- pool, swimming pool
- Synonym: pływalnia
- tank, basin (a collection point for liquids)
- basin (an area that drains into a larger body of water)
- Synonym: zlewisko
- Hypernym: akwen
- basen oceaniczny ― ocean basin
- basen sedymentacyjny ― sedimentary basin
- (nautical) wet dock
- basin, bedpan
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Declension of basen
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adjective
noun
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basen
- inflection of basar:
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basen
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Welsh edit
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- (North Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈbasɛn/
- (North Wales) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈbasan/, /ˈbəsɛn/, /ˈbəsan/, /sɛn/, /san/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbasɛn/
- (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈbəsɛn/, /sɛn/
- Rhymes: -asɛn
Verb edit
basen
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Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
basen | fasen | masen | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |