'BASE' definitions:
Definition of 'base'
From: WordNet
adjective
Serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats" [syn: basal, base]
adjective
Of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth" [syn: base, baseborn, humble, lowly]
adjective
(used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal; "base coins of aluminum"; "a base metal"
adjective
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" [syn: base, immoral]
adjective
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" [syn: base, mean, meanspirited]
adjective
Illegitimate [syn: base, baseborn]
adjective
Debased; not genuine; "an attempt to eliminate the base coinage"
noun
Installation from which a military force initiates operations; "the attack wiped out our forward bases" [syn: base, base of operations]
noun
Lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" [syn: foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure]
noun
A place that the runner must touch before scoring; "he scrambled to get back to the bag" [syn: base, bag]
noun
The bottom or lowest part; "the base of the mountain"
noun
(anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull"
noun
A lower limit; "the government established a wage floor" [syn: floor, base]
noun
The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture" [syn: basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone]
noun
noun
A phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) [syn: nucleotide, base]
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" [syn: base, alkali]
noun
The bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed; "the base of the triangle"
noun
The most important or necessary part of something; "the basis of this drink is orange juice" [syn: basis, base]
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" [syn: base, radix]
noun
The place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end [syn: base, home]
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 [syn: al-Qaeda, Qaeda, al-Qa'ida, al-Qaida, Base]
noun
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" [syn: root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical]
noun
The stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan" [syn: infrastructure, 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
A flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; "a tub should sit on its own base"
noun
(electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
verb
Use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation" [syn: establish, base, ground, found]
verb
Situate as a center of operations; "we will base this project in the new lab"
verb
Use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes [syn: free-base, base]
Definition of 'Base'
From: GCIDE
- Base \Base\ (b[=a]s), a. [OE. bass, F. bas, low, fr. LL. bassus thick, fat, short, humble; cf. L. Bassus, a proper name, and W. bas shallow. Cf. Bass a part in music.]
- 1. Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs. [Archaic] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Low in place or position. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Of humble birth; or low degree; lowly; mean. [Archaic] "A peasant and base swain." --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Illegitimate by birth; bastard. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
- Why bastard? wherefore base? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Of little comparative value, as metal inferior to gold and silver, the precious metals. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Alloyed with inferior metal; debased; as, base coin; base bullion. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Morally low. Hence: Low-minded; unworthy; without dignity of sentiment; ignoble; mean; illiberal; menial; as, a base fellow; base motives; base occupations. "A cruel act of a base and a cowardish mind." --Robynson (More's Utopia). "Base ingratitude." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 8. Not classical or correct. "Base Latin." --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 9. Deep or grave in sound; as, the base tone of a violin. [In this sense, commonly written bass.] [1913 Webster]
- 10. (Law) 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. [1913 Webster]
- Base fee, formerly, an estate held at the will of the lord; now, a qualified fee. See note under Fee, n., 4.
- Base metal. See under Metal. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Dishonorable; worthless; ignoble; low-minded; infamous; sordid; degraded.
- Usage: Base, Vile, Mean. These words, as expressing moral qualities, are here arranged in the order of their strength, the strongest being placed first. Base marks a high degree of moral turpitude; vile and mean denote, in different degrees, the lack of what is valuable or worthy of esteem. What is base excites our abhorrence; what is vile provokes our disgust or indignation; what is mean awakens contempt. Base is opposed to high-minded; vile, to noble; mean, to liberal or generous. Ingratitude is base; sycophancy is vile; undue compliances are mean. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Base'
From: GCIDE
- Base \Base\, n. [F. base, L. basis, fr. Gr. ba`sis a stepping, step, a base, pedestal, fr. bai`nein to go, step, akin to E. come. Cf. Basis, and see Come.]
- 1. The bottom of anything, considered as its support, or that on which something rests for support; the foundation; as, the base of a statue. "The base of mighty mountains." --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: The fundamental or essential part of a thing; the essential principle; a groundwork. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Arch.) (a) The lower part of a wall, pier, or column, when treated as a separate feature, usually in projection, or especially ornamented. (b) The lower part of a complete architectural design, as of a monument; also, the lower part of any elaborate piece of furniture or decoration. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Bot.) That extremity of a leaf, fruit, etc., at which it is attached to its support. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Chem.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Pharmacy) The chief ingredient in a compound. [1913 Webster]
- 7. (Dyeing) A substance used as a mordant. --Ure. [1913 Webster]
- 8. (Fort.) The exterior side of the polygon, or that imaginary line which connects the salient angles of two adjacent bastions. [1913 Webster]
- 9. (Geom.) The line or surface constituting that part of a figure on which it is supposed to stand. [1913 Webster]
- 10. (Math.) The number from which a mathematical table is constructed; as, the base of a system of logarithms. [1913 Webster]
- 11. [See Base low.] A low, or deep, sound. (Mus.) (a) The lowest part; the deepest male voice. (b) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, base. [Now commonly written bass.] [1913 Webster]
- The trebles squeak for fear, the bases roar. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 12. (Mil.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 13. (Mil.) The smallest kind of cannon. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 14. (Zool.) That part of an organ by which it is attached to another more central organ. [1913 Webster]
- 15. (Crystallog.) The basal plane of a crystal. [1913 Webster]
- 16. (Geol.) The ground mass of a rock, especially if not distinctly crystalline. [1913 Webster]
- 17. (Her.) The lower part of the field. See Escutcheon. [1913 Webster]
- 18. The housing of a horse. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 19. pl. 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. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 20. The lower part of a robe or petticoat. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 21. An apron. [Obs.] "Bakers in their linen bases." --Marston. [1913 Webster]
- 22. The point or line from which a start is made; a starting place or a goal in various games. [1913 Webster]
- To their appointed base they went. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 23. (Surv.) 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. --Lyman. [1913 Webster]
- 24. A rustic play; -- called also prisoner's base, {prison base}, or bars. "To run the country base." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 25. (Baseball) Any one of the four bounds which mark the circuit of the infield. [1913 Webster]
- Altern base. See under Altern.
- Attic base. (Arch.) See under Attic.
- Base course. (Arch.) (a) The first or lower course of a foundation wall, made of large stones or a mass of concrete; -- called also foundation course. (b) The architectural member forming the transition between the basement and the wall above.
- Base hit (Baseball), a hit, by which the batsman, without any error on the part of his opponents, is able to reach the first base without being put out.
- Base line. (a) A main line taken as a base, as in surveying or in military operations. (b) A line traced round a cannon at the rear of the vent.
- Base plate, the foundation plate of heavy machinery, as of the steam engine; the bed plate.
- Base ring (Ordnance), a projecting band of metal around the breech, connected with the body of the gun by a concave molding. --H. L. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Base'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Base'
From: GCIDE
- Base \Base\, v. t. [See Base, a., and cf. Abase.]
- 1. To abase; to let, or cast, down; to lower. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- If any . . . based his pike. --Sir T. North. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To reduce the value of; to debase. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Metals which we can not base. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'base'
From: GCIDE
- Bass \Bass\ (b[=a]s), n. [F. basse, fr. bas low. See Base, a.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A bass, or deep, sound or tone. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mus.) (a) The lowest part in a musical composition. (b) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, bass. [Written also base.] [1913 Webster]
- Thorough bass. See Thorough bass. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'base'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abhorrent,
- abject,
- abominable,
- acid,
- acidity,
- agent,
- alkali,
- alkalinity,
- alloisomer,
- anchor,
- angle,
- anion,
- antacid,
- antecedents,
- arrant,
- atom,
- atrocious,
- awful,
- background,
- bad,
- baluster,
- balustrade,
- banister,
- base of operations,
- base-minded,
- baseboard,
- baseborn,
- basement,
- basis,
- bearing wall,
- beastly,
- bed,
- bed on,
- bedding,
- bedrock,
- beggarly,
- below contempt,
- beneath contempt,
- biochemical,
- black,
- blackguardly,
- blamable,
- blameworthy,
- bolster,
- bottom,
- bottom on,
- brutal,
- build,
- build in,
- build on,
- buttress,
- caitiff,
- call,
- camp,
- caryatid,
- cation,
- causation,
- cause,
- cause and effect,
- center of authority,
- central administration,
- central office,
- central station,
- chassis,
- cheap,
- cheesy,
- chemical,
- chemical element,
- chromoisomer,
- clown white,
- coarse,
- cold cream,
- collector,
- colonnade,
- column,
- command post,
- common,
- compact,
- company headquarters,
- compound,
- construct,
- contemptible,
- copolymer,
- core,
- corrupt,
- cosmetics,
- counterfeit,
- cowardly,
- CP,
- craven,
- criminal,
- crude,
- crummy,
- dado,
- damnable,
- dark,
- dastard,
- dastardly,
- debased,
- deficient,
- degraded,
- degrading,
- deplorable,
- depraved,
- derive,
- despicable,
- determinant,
- determinative,
- detestable,
- die,
- dimer,
- dire,
- dirty,
- disgraceful,
- disgusting,
- dishonorable,
- disreputable,
- distance,
- downtrodden,
- draw,
- dreadful,
- drugstore complexion,
- dunghill,
- dunghilly,
- egregious,
- element,
- emitter,
- enormous,
- establish,
- etiology,
- evil,
- evil-minded,
- execrable,
- eye shadow,
- eyebrow pencil,
- factor,
- fake,
- fetid,
- filamentary transistor,
- filthy,
- fix,
- flagitious,
- flagrant,
- floor,
- flooring,
- fond,
- foot,
- footing,
- footstalk,
- forbidding,
- forged,
- form,
- foul,
- found,
- found on,
- foundation,
- foundation cream,
- fourth-class,
- frame,
- framework,
- fraudulent,
- fulsome,
- fundament,
- fundamental,
- general headquarters,
- germanium crystal triode,
- GHQ,
- grave,
- greasepaint,
- grievous,
- gross,
- ground,
- ground on,
- grounds,
- groundwork,
- hand cream,
- hand lotion,
- hardpan,
- hateful,
- headquarters,
- heavy chemicals,
- heinous,
- high polymer,
- hinge,
- home,
- homopolymer,
- hook-collector transistor,
- horrible,
- horrid,
- HQ,
- humble,
- humiliating,
- hydracid,
- ignoble,
- ignominious,
- imperfect,
- improper,
- inadequate,
- incompetent,
- indecent,
- infamous,
- inferior,
- infra dig,
- infrastructure,
- iniquitous,
- inorganic chemical,
- install,
- insufferable,
- insufficient,
- invest,
- ion,
- irregular,
- isomer,
- jack,
- keel,
- knavish,
- lamentable,
- lascivious,
- lay the foundation,
- lewd,
- line of departure,
- lip rouge,
- lipstick,
- little,
- loathsome,
- lousy,
- low,
- low-class,
- low-down,
- low-grade,
- low-minded,
- low-quality,
- low-test,
- lowborn,
- lower strata,
- lowest level,
- lowest point,
- lowly,
- lumpen,
- macromolecule,
- main office,
- makeup,
- maladroit,
- malodorous,
- mangy,
- mascara,
- mean,
- measly,
- mediocre,
- menial,
- mephitic,
- metamer,
- miasmal,
- miasmic,
- Mickey Mouse,
- miserable,
- molecule,
- monomer,
- monstrous,
- mopboard,
- mudpack,
- nadir,
- nail polish,
- nasty,
- naughty,
- nauseating,
- nefarious,
- neutralizer,
- newel-post,
- noisome,
- nonacid,
- not comparable,
- not in it,
- notorious,
- noxious,
- objectionable,
- obnoxious,
- obscene,
- occasion,
- odious,
- offensive,
- organic chemical,
- ornery,
- out of it,
- outrageous,
- oxyacid,
- paint,
- paltry,
- pavement,
- peccant,
- pedestal,
- pedicel,
- peduncle,
- perspective,
- petty,
- pier,
- pilaster,
- pile,
- piling,
- pillar,
- pinchbeck,
- pitch,
- pitiable,
- pitiful,
- place,
- plant,
- plebeian,
- plinth,
- point of departure,
- point-contact transistor,
- poky,
- pole,
- poltroon,
- poltroonish,
- polymer,
- poor,
- pornographic,
- port of embarkation,
- position,
- post,
- powder,
- powder puff,
- predicate,
- principle,
- profane,
- prop,
- pseudoisomer,
- puff,
- punk,
- pusillanimous,
- put in,
- put up,
- queen-post,
- radical,
- rank,
- rascally,
- reagent,
- rebarbative,
- recreant,
- regrettable,
- repellent,
- reprehensible,
- reprobate,
- reptilian,
- repugnant,
- repulsive,
- rest,
- revolting,
- ribald,
- riprap,
- rock bottom,
- roguish,
- root,
- rotten,
- rouge,
- rubbishy,
- rude,
- rudiment,
- sad,
- scabby,
- scampish,
- scandalous,
- schlock,
- scoundrelly,
- scrubby,
- scruffy,
- scummy,
- scurrilous,
- scurvy,
- seat,
- seating,
- second-best,
- second-class,
- secure,
- seedy,
- selfish,
- servile,
- set,
- set on,
- set up,
- shabby,
- shaft,
- shameful,
- shocking,
- shoddy,
- shoemold,
- sickening,
- sill,
- sinful,
- slavish,
- sleazy,
- small,
- socle,
- sole,
- solid ground,
- solid rock,
- sordid,
- sorry,
- spacistor,
- spurious,
- squalid,
- staff,
- stalk,
- stanchion,
- stand,
- standard,
- standing,
- start,
- starting gate,
- starting place,
- starting point,
- starting post,
- station,
- status,
- stay,
- stem,
- stereobate,
- stimulus,
- stinking,
- stylobate,
- subbase,
- submissive,
- subservient,
- substratum,
- substruction,
- substructure,
- sulfacid,
- support,
- surbase,
- tacky,
- takeoff,
- talcum,
- talcum powder,
- tatty,
- terra firma,
- terrible,
- tetrode transistor,
- theme,
- third-class,
- third-rate,
- tinny,
- toe,
- too bad,
- transistor,
- trashy,
- trimer,
- trivial,
- trunk,
- ugly,
- unclean,
- underbuilding,
- undercarriage,
- undergird,
- undergirding,
- underlie,
- underlying level,
- underpinning,
- understruction,
- understructure,
- undignified,
- unforgivable,
- unipolar transistor,
- unmentionable,
- unpardonable,
- unseemly,
- unskillful,
- unspeakable,
- unwashed,
- unworthy,
- upright,
- vanishing cream,
- vanity case,
- venue,
- vest,
- vicious,
- viewpoint,
- vile,
- villainous,
- vulgar,
- wainscot,
- war paint,
- warrant,
- wicked,
- woeful,
- worst,
- worthless,
- wretched,
- wrong
Acronyms for 'BASE'
From: V.E.R.A.
- Basically Available, Soft state, Eventual consistency
Words containing 'BASE'
- Based,
- Basely,
- Baseness,
- Bases,
- Basing,
- based on,
- off base,
- on base,
- Altern base,
- Attic base,
- Base course,
- Base fee,
- Base hit,
- Base line,
- Base metal,
- Base plate,
- Base ring,
- Base viol,
- Dexter base,
- Double base,
- Free base,
- Ground base,
- Home base,
- Homestead Base,
- Prison base,
- Prisoner's base,
- Radar Base,
- Sinister base,
- Sulphur base,
- Table base,
- Wheel base,
- air base,
- army base,
- base of operations,
- base on balls,
- base pair,
- base pay,
- base price,
- base rate,
- base runner,
- first base,
- knowledge base,
- navy base,
- off-base,
- rocket base,
- run bases,
- second base,
- subdata base,
- tax base,
- third base,
- touch base,
- Bangor Trident Base,
- Base-burner,
- Base-court,
- Country-base,
- Dover Base Housing,
- Homestead Base, FL,
- Kings Bay Base,
- Radar Base, TX,
- Sub-base,
- Twentynine Palms Base,
- base-forming,
- data-based,
- free-base,
- theory-based,
- Bangor Trident Base, WA,
- Dover Base Housing, DE,
- Kings Bay Base, GA,
- Twentynine Palms Base, CA,
- acid-base balance,
- acid-base equilibrium,
- acid-base indicator,
- copper-base alloy,
- nickel-base alloy,
- rubber-base paint,
- three-base hit,
- two-base hit,
- water-base paint