Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Basket \Bas"ket\, v. t.
   To put into a basket. [R.]

Basket \Bas"ket\, n. [Of unknown origin. The modern Celtic words
   seem to be from the English.]
   1. A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes,
      splints, or other flexible material, interwoven. ``Rude
      baskets . . . woven of the flexile willow.'' --Dyer.

   2. The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains;
      as, a basket of peaches.

   3. (Arch.) The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.
      [Improperly so used.] --Gwilt.

   4. The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a
      stagecoach. [Eng.] --Goldsmith.

   {Basket fish} (Zo["o]l.), an ophiuran of the genus
      {Astrophyton}, having the arms much branched. See
      {Astrophyton}.

   {Basket hilt}, a hilt with a covering wrought like basketwork
      to protect the hand. --Hudibras. Hence,

   {Baskethilted}, a.

   {Basket work}, work consisting of plaited osiers or twigs.

   {Basket worm} (Zo["o]l.), a lepidopterous insect of the genus
      {Thyridopteryx} and allied genera, esp. {T.
      ephemer[ae]formis}. The larva makes and carries about a
      bag or basket-like case of silk and twigs, which it
      afterwards hangs up to shelter the pupa and wingless adult
      females.

Source : WordNet®

basket
     n 1: a container that is usually woven and has handles [syn: {handbasket}]
     2: the quantity contained in a basket [syn: {basketful}]
     3: horizontal hoop with a net through which players try to
        throw the basketball [syn: {basketball hoop}, {hoop}]
     4: a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the
        hoop [syn: {field goal}]