basing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪsɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -eɪsɪŋ

Verb

basing

1. present participle and gerund of base

Noun

basing (countable and uncountable, plural basings)

1. The storage or housing of something within a base.
   • 1937, United States. Interstate Commerce Commission, Reports, page 20:

     Incidental revenues from sales and repairs and practically all ground expense were recorded as applicable to a particular station and then prorated to individual routes on the basis of arrivals, departures, and basings of equipment.

   • 1989, Barbara Goss Levi, Mark Sakitt, The Future of Land Based-Strategic Missiles, page 174:

     In deep underground basing, missiles are buried in tunnels in mountainsides where they are able to ride out a nuclear attack. Following the attack the missiles dig themselves out of the tunnels to the surface and launch themselves.

Derived terms

• nonbasing

 

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Compare West Coast Bajau basing. Compare Malay bajing, Javanese ꦧꦗꦶꦁ (bajing) and Sundanese ᮘᮏᮤᮀ (bajing).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /basiŋ/
• Hyphenation: ba‧sing

Noun

basing

1. squirrel

Synonyms

• tupai

References

• Marshall, H. B. (1921 April) “A Vocabulary of Brunei Malay”, in Journal of The Straits Branch of The Royal Asiatic Society‎^[1], volume 83, page 49

West Coast Bajau

Etymology

Compare Brunei Malay basing. Compare Malay bajing, Javanese ꦧꦗꦶꦁ (bajing) and Sundanese ᮘᮏᮤᮀ (bajing).

Noun

basing

1. squirrel (rodent)