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TURKISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

basmak.

to step on, to stand on

6 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

verb/basˈmak/
  1. to step on, to stand on

    intransitive
    Bastığın yerlerde güller açtı, ...
    Yeni yağmış kara basmaya bayılıyorum.
  2. (of toddlers) to stand

    intransitive
  3. to press (e.g. on a pedal, button, key)

    intransitive
    Bas gaza.
  4. to press (e.g. on a pedal, button, key) (of a button, key, etc.) to function properly, to do what it's meant to

    intransitive
    Hiçbir sıkıntı yokken tuş basmamaya başladı.
    Ben bastım ama tuş basmadı.
  5. to stuff

    ditransitive
    peyniri küpe basmak.
  6. to print, to publish, to press

    transitive
    Kitabınızı ücretsiz basıyoruz.
  7. to cover

    transitive
    Yollarını ot basmış olan bu büyük köşk.
  8. to impress, to imprint, to stamp (the tool used, such as a stamp or a seal, is the direct object; and the document which gets stamped is the indirect object)

    ditransitive
    Şuraya başparmağını bas, dediler, ben de bastım.
  9. to raid

    transitive
    Ölen kızın intikamını almak için köyü basıp yakmış.
  10. to turn, to reach a certain age

    intransitive
    On dokuz yaşına yeni basmış, ürkek ve utangaç bir kızdım.
  11. (of fog, smoke, etc.) to cover

    intransitive
    Şehri akşamüstü sis basmıştı.
  12. to pump (to use a pump to move liquid or gas)

    transitive
    Pompa bozulmuş, suyu basmıyor.
  13. (of poultry) to incubate

    intransitive
  14. to catch (to discover in an unpleasant state)

    transitive
    Kocamı yatağımızda başka kadınla bastım.
  15. to get overwhelmed by an emotion

    figuratively · intransitive
    Sıkıntı basmış, terlemeye başlamıştı.
  16. to lift an amount of weight, to do an exercise with said amount of load

    slang
    Bench press'te 90 kilo basıyorum.
  17. (of motored vehicles) to be able to go at a said speed

    informal
    BMW kaç basıyor?
  18. (usually in negative clauses) to comprehend

    figuratively
    Kafam bu işe basmıyor ya.
  19. to fuck

    vulgar
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish باصمق (basmak, “to press, print, coin money, tread on, overpower”), from Proto-Turkic *bas- (“to press”).

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