Meaning of 'base'

adjective

debased

adjective

illegitimate

Synonyms: baseborn

adjective

having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality

Example: "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble- Edmund Burke"

Synonyms: mean

adjective

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

Example: "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"

Synonyms: baseborn humble lowly

adjective

serving as or forming a base

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

Synonyms: basal

adjective

not adhering to ethical or moral principles

Example: "base and unpatriotic motives"

Synonyms: immoral

adjective

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

Example: "base coins of aluminum"

noun

a support or foundation

Example: "the base of the lamp"

Synonyms: stand

noun

a place that the runner must touch before scoring

Synonyms: bag

noun

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

noun

installation from which a military force initiates operations

Example: "the attack wiped out our forward bases"

Synonyms: base of operations

noun

a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit

Example: "a tub should sit on its own base"

noun

the principal ingredient of a mixture

Example: "glycerinated gelatin is used as a base for many ointments"

noun

lowest support of a structure

Example: "it was built on a base of solid rock"

Synonyms: foundation

noun

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

Example: "the industrial base of Japan"

Synonyms: infrastructure

noun

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

Synonyms: foundation

noun

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

Synonyms: stem

noun

a lower limit

Synonyms: floor

noun

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

Synonyms: home

noun

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

Example: "the base of the skull"

noun

the bottom or lowest part

Example: "the base of the mountain"

noun

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

Synonyms: radix

noun

the most important or necessary part of something

Synonyms: basis

noun

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

Example: "the base of the triangle"

noun

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

Example: "bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia"

Synonyms: alkali

noun

a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside

Synonyms: nucleotide

verb

to use as a basis for

Example: "We based our movie on the comic book series."

Synonyms: found ground establish

verb

to use purified cocaine by burning it and inhaling the fumes

Example: "The addict based from a spoon."

Synonyms: free-base

verb

to situate as a center of operations

Example: "We will base this project in the new lab."