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base

adjective
  1. debased
  2. illegitimate
    baseborn
  3. having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
    “that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble- Edmund Burke”
    mean
  4. of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
    “baseborn wretches with dirty faces”
    basebornhumblelowly
  5. serving as or forming a base
    “the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats”
    basal
  6. not adhering to ethical or moral principles
    “base and unpatriotic motives”
    immoral
  7. (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
    “base coins of aluminum”
noun
  1. a support or foundation
    “the base of the lamp”
    stand
  2. a place that the runner must touch before scoring
    bag
  3. (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
  4. installation from which a military force initiates operations
    “the attack wiped out our forward bases”
    base of operations
  5. a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
    “a tub should sit on its own base”
  6. the principal ingredient of a mixture
    “glycerinated gelatin is used as a base for many ointments”
  7. lowest support of a structure
    “it was built on a base of solid rock”
    foundation
  8. the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
    “the industrial base of Japan”
    infrastructure
  9. the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
    foundation
  10. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
    stem
  11. a lower limit
    floor
  12. the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
    home
  13. (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
    “the base of the skull”
  14. the bottom or lowest part
    “the base of the mountain”
  15. (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
    radix
  16. the most important or necessary part of something
    basis
  17. the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
    “the base of the triangle”
  18. 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”
    alkali
  19. a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside
    nucleotide
verb
  1. to use as a basis for
    “We based our movie on the comic book series.”
    foundgroundestablish
  2. to use purified cocaine by burning it and inhaling the fumes
    “The addict based from a spoon.”
    free-base
  3. to situate as a center of operations
    “We will base this project in the new lab.”