Holiday Definition–noun | 1. | a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person. |
| 2. | any day of exemption from work (distinguished from working day). |
| 3. | a time or period of exemption from any requirement, duty, assessment, etc.: New businesses may be granted a one-year tax holiday. |
| 4. | a religious feast day; holy day, esp. any of several usually commemorative holy days observed in Judaism. |
| 5. | Sometimes, holidays. Chiefly British. a period of cessation from work or one of recreation; vacation. |
| 6. | an unintentional gap left on a plated, coated, or painted surface. |
–adjective | 7. | of or pertaining to a festival; festive; joyous: a holiday mood. |
| 8. | suitable for a holiday: holiday attire. |
–verb (used without object) | 9. | Chiefly British. to vacation: to holiday at the seaside. |
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Gift Definition–noun | 1. | something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present. |
| 3. | something bestowed or acquired without any particular effort by the recipient or without its being earned: Those extra points he got in the game were a total gift. |
| 4. | a special ability or capacity; natural endowment; talent: the gift of saying the right thing at the right time. |
–verb (used with object) | 5. | to present with as a gift; bestow gifts upon; endow with. |
| 6. | to present (someone) with a gift: just the thing to gift the newlyweds. |
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Basket Definition–noun | 1. | a container made of twigs, rushes, thin strips of wood, or other flexible material woven together. |
| 2. | a container made of pieces of thin veneer, used for packing berries, vegetables, etc. |
| 3. | the amount contained in a basket; a basketful: to pick a basket of apples. |
| 4. | anything like a basket in shape or use: He never empties my wastepaper basket. |
| 5. | any group of things or different things grouped as a unit; a package; package deal: You can't buy the single stock; you have to take the basket—all companies, stocks and bonds. |
| 6. | the car or gondola suspended beneath a balloon, as for carrying passengers or scientific instruments into the atmosphere. |
| 7. | Basketball. | a. | an open net suspended from a metal rim attached to the backboard and through which the ball must pass in order for a player to score points. |
| b. | a score, counting two for a field goal and one for a free throw. |
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| 8. | Also called snow ring. Skiing. a ring strapped to the base of a ski pole to limit penetration of the pole in the snow. |
| 9. | Slang: Vulgar. the male genitals, esp. when outlined by a tight-fitting garment. |
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