Meaning

1 senses

  1. To furnish with a bastion.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. In Algeria, Kabylie and the Aures mountains are bastions of the Berber language.

    Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. A bottle of water goes for 5 francs in Bastions Park!

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  3. Hotly the Tyrians are at work. These draw / the bastions' lines, roll stones and trench the ground; / or build the citadel.

    carlosalberto · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

First attested in 1562. From French bastion, from Old French bastille (“fortress”).

First attested in 1562. From French bastion, from Old French bastille (“fortress”).

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Forms

bastions, bastioning, bastioned, bastioned
Base formbastion · to bastion
3rd person singularbastions
Present participlebastioning
Past simplebastioned
Past participlebastioned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybastion
he, she, itbastions

Past simpleLesson

all personsbastioned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bastioned
he, she, ithas bastioned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bastion

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bastebasterbatA1batchA2
bastion — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto