basmak

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish باصمق (basmak, “to press, print, coin money, tread on, overpower”),^[1] from Proto-Turkic *bas- (“to press”).^[2]

• IPA^(key): /bɑsˈmɑk/
• Hyphenation: bas‧mak

basmak (third-person singular simple present basar)

1. (intransitive, + dative) to step on, to stand on

   Bastığın yerlerde güller açtı, ...

   Roses blossomed where you stood, ...

   Yeni yağmış kara basmaya bayılıyorum.

   I love stepping on fresh, powdery snow.

2. (intransitive, + dative) (of toddlers) to stand
3. (intransitive, + dative) to press (e.g. on a pedal, button, key)

   Bas gaza.

   Step on the gas.

   1. (intransitive) (of a button, key, etc.) to function properly, to do what it's meant to

      Hiçbir sıkıntı yokken tuş basmamaya başladı.

      For no good reason the key started not to work.

      Ben bastım ama tuş basmadı.

      I did press it but the button didn't work.

4. (ditransitive) to stuff

   Synonym: tepmek

   peyniri küpe basmak. ― to stuff the cheese into the earthenware jar

5. (transitive) to print, to publish, to press

   Synonym: tabetmek

   Kitabınızı ücretsiz basıyoruz.

   We publish your book for free.

6. (transitive) to cover

   Synonym: bürümek, kaplamak, örtmek

   Yollarını ot basmış olan bu büyük köşk.

   This big mansion whose roads leaves have covered.

7. (ditransitive) 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)

   Şuraya başparmağını bas, dediler, ben de bastım.

   They told me to impress (something) with my thumbprint and I did it.

8. (transitive) to raid

   Ölen kızın intikamını almak için köyü basıp yakmış.

   (I heard) he raided and burned down the village to revenge the girl who died.

9. (intransitive, with dative) to turn, to reach a certain age

   On dokuz yaşına yeni basmış, ürkek ve utangaç bir kızdım.

   I was a shy and timid girl who just turned 19.

10. (transitive) (of fog, smoke, etc.) to cover

    Synonym: çökmek

    Şehri akşamüstü sis basmıştı.

    Fog has covered the city, right before the evening.

11. (transitive) to pump (to use a pump to move liquid or gas)

    Pompa bozulmuş, suyu basmıyor.

    Pump was broken, it doesn't pump the water.

12. (intransitive) (of poultry) to incubate
13. (transitive) to catch (to discover in an unpleasant state)

    Kocamı yatağımızda başka kadınla bastım.

    I caught my husband in bed with another woman.

14. (intransitive, figuratively) to get overwhelmed by an emotion

    Sıkıntı basmış, terlemeye başlamıştı.

    Upon having problems arise, s/he started to sweat.

15. (weightlifting, slang) to lift an amount of weight, to do an exercise with said amount of load

    Bench press'te 90 kilo basıyorum.

    I can bench press 90 kilos.

16. (informal) (of motored vehicles) to be able to go at a said speed

    BMW kaç basıyor?

    How fast a BMW can go?

17. (figuratively, + dative + kafa + possessive suffix ~) (usually in negative clauses) to comprehend

    Kafam bu işe basmıyor ya.

    I just cannot comprehend what's happening.

• Hungarian: baszik
• Serbo-Croatian: bat

• basmak in Reverso (Turkish-English)