Noun | 1. | base - 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 |
2. | base - installation from which a military force initiates operations; "the attack wiped out our forward bases" Synonyms: base of operations | |
3. | base - lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" | |
4. | base - place that runner must touch before scoring; "he scrambled to get back to the bag" Synonyms: bag | |
5. | base - (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 | |
6. | base - the bottom or lowest part; "the base of the mountain" | |
7. | base - (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull" | |
8. | base - a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor" Synonyms: floor | |
9. | base - the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture" | |
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11. | base - the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed; "the base of the triangle" | |
12. | base - the most important or necessary part of something; "the basis of this drink is orange juice" Synonyms: basis | |
13. | base - the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end Synonyms: home | |
14. | Base - an intensely anti-western terrorist network that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist group; has cells in more than 50 countries | |
15. | base - (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" | |
16. | base - the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan" Synonyms: infrastructure | |
17. | base - 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"; "everything she cooked seemed to have rice as the base" | |
18. | base - a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; "a tub should sit on its own base" | |
19. | base - (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector | |
Verb | 1. | base - use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation" |
2. | base - use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes Synonyms: free-base | |
3. | base - assign to a station | |
Adj. | 1. | base - serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats" Synonyms: basal |
2. | base - (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal; "base coins of aluminum"; "a base metal" | |
3. | base - of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth" | |
4. | base - not adhering to ethical or moral principles; "base and unpatriotic motives"; "a base, degrading way of life"; "cheating is dishonorable"; "they considered colonialism immoral"; "unethical practices in handling public funds" | |
5. | base - having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics" Synonyms: meanspirited, mean | |
6. | base - illegitimate Synonyms: baseborn | |
7. | base - debased; not genuine; "an attempt to eliminate the base coinage" |
BASE. Something low; inferior. This word is frequently used in composition; as base court, base estate, base fee, &c.
(mathematics) | base - radix. |