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adjective (a)
Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs. (adjective)
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noun (n)
installation from which a military force initiates operations (noun.artifact)
Example: The attack wiped out our forward bases.
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lowest support of a structure (noun.artifact)
Example: It was built on a base of solid rock.
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a place that the runner must touch before scoring (noun.artifact)
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the bottom or lowest part (noun.object)
Example: The base of the mountain.
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(anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment (noun.location)
Example: The base of the skull.
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a lower limit (noun.communication)
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the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained (noun.cognition)
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a support or foundation (noun.artifact)
Example: The base of the lamp.
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a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) (noun.substance)
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any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water (noun.substance)
Example: Bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia.
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the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed (noun.shape)
Example: The base of the triangle.
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the most important or necessary part of something (noun.linkdef)
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(numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place (noun.quantity)
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the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end (noun.location)
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a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries (noun.group)
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(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed (noun.communication)
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the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area (noun.artifact)
Example: The industrial base of Japan.
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the principal ingredient of a mixture (noun.artifact)
Example: Glycerinated gelatin is used as a base for many ointments.
He told the painter that he wanted a yellow base with just a hint of green.
Everything she cooked seemed to have rice as the base.
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a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit (noun.artifact)
Example: A tub should sit on its own base.
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(electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector (noun.artifact)
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The bottom of anything, considered as its support, or that on which something rests for support; the foundation; as, the base of a statue. (noun)
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adjective satellite (s)
serving as or forming a base (adj.all)
Example: The painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats.
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of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense) (adj.all)
Example: Baseborn wretches with dirty faces.
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(used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal (adj.all)
Example: Base coins of aluminum.
A base metal.
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not adhering to ethical or moral principles (adj.all)
Example: Base and unpatriotic motives.
A base, degrading way of life.
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having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality (adj.all)
Example: That liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble.
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illegitimate (adj.all)
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debased; not genuine (adj.all)
Example: An attempt to eliminate the base coinage.
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verb (v)
use as a basis for; found on (verb.cognition)
Example: Base a claim on some observation.
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situate as a center of operations (verb.stative)
Example: We will base this project in the new lab.
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use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes (verb.consumption)
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To put on a base or basis; to lay the foundation of; to found, as an argument or conclusion; -- used with on or upon . (verb)
source: webster1913
To abase; to let, or cast, down; to lower. (verb)
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