Definition of base

adjective (a)

• Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs. (adjective)

  source: webster1913

noun (n)

• installation from which a military force initiates operations (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: base of operations
  

  Example:
  The attack wiped out our forward bases.
  

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• lowest support of a structure (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: foot, foundation, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure
  

  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)

  Synonym: bag
  

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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)

  Synonym: floor
  

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• the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained (noun.cognition)

  Synonym: basis, cornerstone, foundation, fundament, groundwork
  

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• a support or foundation (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: pedestal, stand
  

  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)

  Synonym: nucleotide
  

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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)

  Synonym: alkali
  

  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)

  Synonym: basis
  

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• (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place (noun.quantity)

  Synonym: radix
  

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• the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end (noun.location)

  Synonym: home
  

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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)

  Synonym: radical, root, root word, stem, theme
  

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• the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: infrastructure
  

  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)

  source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

• serving as or forming a base (adj.all)

  Synonym: basal
  

  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)

  Synonym: baseborn, humble, lowly
  

  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)

  Synonym: immoral
  

  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)

  Synonym: mean, meanspirited
  

  Example:
  That liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble.
  

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• illegitimate (adj.all)

  Synonym: baseborn
  

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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)

  Synonym: establish, found, ground
  

  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)

  Synonym: free-base
  

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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)

  source: webster1913

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