base

Definitions

1. 1adjective

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

2. 2adjective

   Low in place or position.

3. 3adjective

   Of humble birth; or low degree; lowly; mean.

4. 4adjective

   Illegitimate by birth; bastard.

5. 5adjective

   Of little comparative value, as metal inferior to gold and silver, the precious metals.

6. 6adjective

   Alloyed with inferior metal; debased; as, base coin; base bullion.

7. 7adjective

   Morally low. Hence: Low-minded; unworthy; without dignity of sentiment; ignoble; mean; illiberal; menial; as, a base fellow; base motives; base occupations.

8. 8adjective

   Not classical or correct.

9. 9adjective

   Deep or grave in sound; as, the base tone of a violin.

10. 10adjective

    Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base, or low, and the tenant, a base tenant.

11. 11noun

    The bottom of anything, considered as its support, or that on which something rests for support; the foundation; as, the base of a statue.

12. 12noun

    Fig.: The fundamental or essential part of a thing; the essential principle; a groundwork.

13. 13noun

    The lower part of a wall, pier, or column, when treated as a separate feature, usually in projection, or especially ornamented.

14. 14noun

    The lower part of a complete architectural design, as of a monument; also, the lower part of any elaborate piece of furniture or decoration.

15. 15noun

    That extremity of a leaf, fruit, etc., at which it is attached to its support.

16. 16noun

    The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a substance which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the latter and forms a salt; -- applied also to the hydroxides of the positive elements or radicals, and to certain organic bodies resembling them in their property of forming salts with acids.

17. 17noun

    The chief ingredient in a compound.

18. 18noun

    A substance used as a mordant.

19. 19noun

    The exterior side of the polygon, or that imaginary line which connects the salient angles of two adjacent bastions.

20. 20noun

    The line or surface constituting that part of a figure on which it is supposed to stand.

21. 21noun

    The number from which a mathematical table is constructed; as, the base of a system of logarithms.

22. 22noun

    A low, or deep, sound. (Mus.) (a) The lowest part; the deepest male voice. (b) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, base.

23. 23noun

    A place or tract of country, protected by fortifications, or by natural advantages, from which the operations of an army proceed, forward movements are made, supplies are furnished, etc.

24. 24noun

    The smallest kind of cannon.

25. 25noun

    That part of an organ by which it is attached to another more central organ.

26. 26noun

    The basal plane of a crystal.

27. 27noun

    The ground mass of a rock, especially if not distinctly crystalline.

28. 28noun

    The lower part of the field. See Escutcheon.

29. 29noun

    The housing of a horse.

30. 30noun

    A kind of skirt ( often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armor) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower.

31. 31noun

    The lower part of a robe or petticoat.

32. 32noun

    An apron.

33. 33noun

    The point or line from which a start is made; a starting place or a goal in various games.

34. 34noun

    A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles.

35. 35noun

    A rustic play; -- called also prisoner's base, prison base, or bars.

36. 36noun

    Any one of the four bounds which mark the circuit of the infield.

37. 37noun

    To put on a base or basis; to lay the foundation of; to found, as an argument or conclusion; -- used with on or upon.

38. 38adjective

    To abase; to let, or cast, down; to lower.

39. 39adjective

    To reduce the value of; to debase.

40. 40noun

    a support or foundation

    "the base of the lamp"

    Synonyms

    pedestalstand
41. 41noun

    a place that the runner must touch before scoring

    "he scrambled to get back to the bag"

    Synonyms

    bag
42. 42noun

    (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector

43. 43noun

    installation from which a military force initiates operations

    "the attack wiped out our forward bases"

44. 44noun

    a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit

    "a tub should sit on its own base"

45. 45noun

    the principal ingredient of a mixture

    "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"

46. 46noun

    lowest support of a structure

    "it was built on a base of solid rock"

    "he stood at the foot of the tower"

    Synonyms

    footfoundationfundamentgroundworksubstructureunderstructure
47. 47noun

    the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area

    "the industrial base of Japan"

    Synonyms

    infrastructure
48. 48noun

    the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

    "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"

    Synonyms

    basiscornerstonefoundationfundamentgroundwork
49. 49noun

    (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

    "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

    Synonyms

    radicalrootstemtheme
50. 50noun

    a lower limit

    "the government established a wage floor"

    Synonyms

    floor
51. 51noun

    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

52. 52noun

    the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end

    Synonyms

    home
53. 53noun

    (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment

    "the base of the skull"

54. 54noun

    the bottom or lowest part

    "the base of the mountain"

55. 55noun

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

    "10 is the radix of the decimal system"

    Synonyms

    radix
56. 56noun

    the most important or necessary part of something

    "the basis of this drink is orange juice"

    Synonyms

    basis
57. 57noun

    the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed

    "the base of the triangle"

58. 58noun

    any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water

    "bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia"

    Synonyms

    alkali
59. 59noun

    a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)

    Synonyms

    nucleotide
60. 60verb

    use as a basis for; found on

    "base a claim on some observation"

    Synonyms

    establishfoundground
61. 61verb

    use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes

62. 62verb

    situate as a center of operations

    "we will base this project in the new lab"

63. 63adjective

    debased; not genuine

    "an attempt to eliminate the base coinage"

64. 64adjective

    illegitimate

    Synonyms

    baseborn
65. 65adjective

    having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality- Edmund Burke- Shakespeare

    "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"

    "taking a mean advantage"

    Synonyms

    meanmeanspirited
66. 66adjective

    of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)

    "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"

    "of humble (or lowly) birth"

    Synonyms

    basebornhumblelowly
67. 67adjective

    serving as or forming a base

    "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats"

    Synonyms

    basal
68. 68adjective

    not adhering to ethical or moral principles

    "base and unpatriotic motives"

    "a base, degrading way of life"

    Synonyms

    immoral
69. 69adjective

    (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal

    "base coins of aluminum"

    "a base metal"