BASE

• (noun) a support or foundation

  "the base of the lamp"

  synonyms : pedestal , stand

  She was seated on a pedestal outside the shop. -added by naila_inlas

• (noun) a place that the runner must touch before scoring

  "he scrambled to get back to the bag"

  synonyms : bag

  just as she neared the base, she stumbled and crashed onto the ground, quite painfully ending her chances of continuing in the Games. -added by diviya_inlas

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

  the base of the transistor had been painted an ugly yellow, for what purpose heaven alone knew. -added by diviya_inlas

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

  "the attack wiped out our forward bases"

  synonyms : base of operations

• (noun) a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit

  "a tub should sit on its own base"

• (noun) 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"

• (noun) lowest support of a structure

  "it was built on a base of solid rock", "he stood at the foot of the tower"

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

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

  "the industrial base of Japan"

  synonyms : infrastructure

  The industrial base of Japan was in that city. -added by naila_inlas

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

  "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"

  synonyms : basis , cornerstone , foundation , fundament , groundwork

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

  "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

  synonyms : radical , root , root word , stem , theme

  "But the root base of the word has to be considered when making such claims such as you are." -added by diviya_inlas

• (noun) a lower limit

  "the government established a wage floor"

  synonyms : floor

  "the base wage you have offered is too low for people of these qualifications, sir" -added by diviya_inlas

• (noun) 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

  synonyms : al-qa'ida , al-qaeda , al-qaida , qaeda

  The Intelligence was unable to uproot the base. -added by naila_inlas

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

  synonyms : home

  when they brought his body back to the mountain base, it was difficlut to recognise the fresh faced youth who had gone up the peak just the day before. -added by diviya_inlas

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

  "the base of the skull"

  He was hit on the base of the skull. -added by naila_inlas

• (noun) the bottom or lowest part

  "the base of the mountain"

  There was a cave in the base of the mountain. -added by naila_inlas

• (noun) (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

  "i've told you before and i tell you again, concentrate on the bases and the rest of the sum will fall into place" -added by diviya_inlas

• (noun) the most important or necessary part of something

  "the basis of this drink is orange juice"

  synonyms : basis

  "the syrup had this yucky looking yellow base to it" -added by diviya_inlas

• (noun) the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed

  "the base of the triangle"

  The base of the triangle measured five inches. -added by naila_inlas

• (noun) 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

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

  synonyms : nucleotide

  "how do you expect to become a molecular biologist if you have all the nucleic bases mixed up, my dear?" -added by diviya_inlas

• (verb) use as a basis for; found on

  "base a claim on some observation"

  synonyms : establish , found , ground

  She based her claim on his observations. -added by naila_inlas

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

  synonyms : free-base

  She based twice a day. -added by naila_inlas

• (verb) situate as a center of operations

  "we will base this project in the new lab"

• (adj.) debased; not genuine

  "an attempt to eliminate the base coinage"

  It was a feeble attempt to eliminate the base coinage. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) illegitimate

  synonyms : baseborn

  he carried with him all his life the mark of a base birth, though it was no fault of his. -added by diviya_inlas

• (adj.) having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality

  "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble", "taking a mean advantage", "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort", "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"

  synonyms : mean , meanspirited

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

  "baseborn wretches with dirty faces", "of humble (or lowly) birth"

  synonyms : baseborn , humble , lowly

  i wonder if people still use terms like base to refer to folks of lower means than themselves. -added by diviya_inlas

• (adj.) serving as or forming a base

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

  synonyms : basal

• (adj.) 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"

  synonyms : immoral

• (adj.) (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal

  "base coins of aluminum", "a base metal"

  They used base coins of aluminum in those days. -added by naila_inlas

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