Etymology : Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin basis, from Greek, step, base, from bainein to go; more at COME
Pronunciation : 'bAs
Function : noun
Date : 13th century
1. founded on, established on; having a foundation. based\based\ , p. p. & a.
2. having a base, or having as a base; supported; as, broad-based.
3. [see:
base, n., 18-21.] wearing, or protected by, bases. [obs.] "based in lawny velvet." hall.
4. Having a base, or having as a base; supported; as, broad-based.
5. Wearing, or protected by, bases. having a base; "firmly based ice" having a basis; often used as combining terms; "a soundly based argument"; "well-founded suspicions" being derived from ; "a film based on a best-selling novel".
6. Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.
7. Low in place or position.
8. Of humble birth; or low degree; lowly; mean.
9. Illegitimate by birth; bastard.
10. Of little comparative value, as metal inferior to gold and silver, the precious metals.
11. Alloyed with inferior metal; debased; as, base coin; base bullion.
12. Morally low.
13. Hence: Low-minded; unworthy; without dignity of sentiment; ignoble; mean; illiberal; menial; as, a base fellow; base motives; base occupations.
14. Not classical or correct.
15. Deep or grave in sound; as, the base tone of a violin.
16. Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage.
17. Such a tenure is called base, or low, and the tenant, a base tenant.
18. The bottom of anything, considered as its support, or that on which something rests for support; the foundation; as, the base of a statue.
19. Fig.: The fundamental or essential part of a thing; the essential principle; a groundwork.
20. The lower part of a wall, pier, or column, when treated as a separate feature, usually in projection, or especially ornamented.
21. The lower part of a complete architectural design, as of a monument; also, the lower part of any elaborate piece of furniture or decoration.
22. That extremity of a leaf, fruit, etc., at which it is attached to its support.
23. 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.
24. The chief ingredient in a compound.
25. A substance used as a mordant.
26. The exterior side of the polygon, or that imaginary line which connects the salient angles of two adjacent bastions.
27. The line or surface constituting that part of a figure on which it is supposed to stand.
28. The number from which a mathematical table is constructed; as, the base of a system of logarithms.
29. A low, or deep, sound. The lowest part; the deepest male voice. One who sings, or the instrument which plays, base.
30. 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.
31. The smallest kind of cannon.
32. That part of an organ by which it is attached to another more central organ.
33. The basal plane of a crystal.
34. The ground mass of a rock, especially if not distinctly crystalline.
35. The lower part of the field.
36. See Escutcheon.
37. The housing of a horse.
38. A kind of skirt which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower.
39. The lower part of a robe or petticoat.
40. An apron.
41. The point or line from which a start is made; a starting place or a goal in various games.
42. To put on a base or basis; to lay the foundation of; to found, as an argument or conclusion; used with on or upon.
43. To abase; to let, or cast, down; to lower.
44. To reduce the value of; to debase. a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp" place that runner must touch before scoring; "he scrambled to get back to the bag" the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector installation from which a military force initiates operations; "the attack wiped out our forward bases" a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; "a tub should sit on its own 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" the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull" the bottom or lowest part; "the base of the mountain" the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place; "10 is the radix of the decimal system" the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed; "the base of the triangle" 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" debased; not genuine; "an attempt to eliminate the base coinage" 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" of low birth or station ; "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble birth" 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" consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal; "base coins of aluminum"; "a base metal".
45. If you are based in a particular place, that is the place where you live or do most of your work. See also base. Both firms are based in Kent Based on the edge of Lake Matt, Sunbeam Yachts started boatbuilding in 1870. = located.
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