"basculate" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more basculate [comparative], most basculate [superlative]
Etymology: Cf. Italian basculare, French basculer. Etymology templates: {{cog|it|basculare}} Italian basculare, {{cog|fr|basculer}} French basculer Head templates: {{en-adj}} basculate (comparative more basculate, superlative most basculate)
  1. (mycology) Shaped like a basket; Categories (topical): Mycology
    Sense id: en-basculate-en-adj-fZY3r0mE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 30 7 Topics: biology, mycology, natural-sciences

Verb [English]

Forms: basculates [present, singular, third-person], basculating [participle, present], basculated [participle, past], basculated [past]
Etymology: Cf. Italian basculare, French basculer. Etymology templates: {{cog|it|basculare}} Italian basculare, {{cog|fr|basculer}} French basculer Head templates: {{en-verb}} basculate (third-person singular simple present basculates, present participle basculating, simple past and past participle basculated)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To oscillate or to tilt or pivot like a seesaw. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-basculate-en-verb-bLYVSLvv
  2. To alternate or transition.
    Sense id: en-basculate-en-verb-oGeGR2jZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: basculation

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} basculate
  1. inflection of basculare:
    second-person plural present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, plural, present, second-person
    Sense id: en-basculate-it-verb-esMMuo2l Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 83 12 4
  2. inflection of basculare:
    second-person plural imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, plural, second-person
    Sense id: en-basculate-it-verb-atwqmc06
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|past participle form|g=f-p}} basculate f pl
  1. feminine plural of basculato Tags: feminine, form-of, participle, plural Form of: basculato
    Sense id: en-basculate-it-verb-q0TNtLOb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} basculate
  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of bascular combined with te Tags: form-of, imperative, object-second-person, object-singular, second-person, singular, with-voseo Form of: bascular
    Sense id: en-basculate-es-verb-iKNk5SO2 Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "basculate f pl",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "basculato"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "feminine plural of basculato"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "basculato",
          "basculato#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "basculate"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "basculate",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish non-lemma forms",
        "Spanish verb forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "bascular"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person singular voseo imperative of bascular combined with te"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bascular",
          "bascular#Spanish"
        ],
        [
          "te",
          "te#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "object-second-person",
        "object-singular",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "with-voseo"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "basculate"
}

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