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

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

References

  • Marshall, H. B. (1921 April) “A Vocabulary of Brunei Malay”, in Journal of The Straits Branch of The Royal Asiatic Society, 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)
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