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Part of speech
š¤- basest, adjective, superlative of base.
WordNet
NounPlural: bases |
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| base - 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 | ||
| chemical compound, compound an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient) | ||
| pyridine a toxic colorless flammable liquid organic base with a disagreeable odor; usually derived from coal | ||
| purine a colorless crystalline organic base containing nitrogen; the parent compound of various biologically important substances | ||
| purine a colorless crystalline organic base containing nitrogen; the parent compound of various biologically important substances | ||
| glyoxaline, imidazole, iminazole an organic base C3H4N2; a histamine inhibitor | ||
| cyanuramide, melamine a white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins | ||
| base - installation from which a military force initiates operations; "the attack wiped out our forward bases" | ||
| base of operations | ||
| military installation any facility servicing military forces | ||
| armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" | ||
| air base, air station a base for military aircraft | ||
| army base a large base of operations for an army | ||
| firebase an artillery base to support advancing troops | ||
| navy base base of operations for a naval fleet | ||
| base - a place that the runner must touch before scoring; "he scrambled to get back to the bag" | ||
| bag | ||
| baseball equipment equipment used in playing baseball | ||
| baseball diamond, infield, diamond the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate | ||
| first base the initial stage in accomplishing something; "we didn't get to first base with that approach" | ||
| home plate, home base, home, plate (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score; "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home" | ||
| second base the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield | ||
| base - a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp" | ||
| pedestal, stand | ||
| support a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission; "they called for artillery support" | ||
| brass monkey a metal stand that formerly held cannon balls on sailing ships | ||
| staddle a base or platform on which hay or corn is stacked | ||
| trivet a stand with short feet used under a hot dish on a table | ||
| base - a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; "a tub should sit on its own base" | ||
| underside, undersurface, bottom a cargo ship; "they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms" | ||
| vessel a craft designed for water transportation | ||
| box a blow with the hand (usually on the ear); "I gave him a good box on the ear" | ||
| base - (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull" | ||
| bottom a cargo ship; "they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms" | ||
| general anatomy, anatomy a detailed analysis; "he studied the anatomy of crimes" | ||
| base - (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector | ||
| electrode a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit | ||
| electronic transistor, junction transistor, transistor a semiconductor device capable of amplification | ||
| 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" | ||
| ingredient a component of a mixture or compound | ||
| base - the bottom or lowest part; "the base of the mountain" | ||
| part, piece something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" | ||
| base - (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place; "10 is the radix of the decimal system" | ||
| radix | ||
| number an item of merchandise offered for sale; "she preferred the black nylon number"; "this sweater is an all-wool number" | ||
| base - the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end | ||
| home | ||
| base - the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed; "the base of the triangle" | ||
| base - the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan" | ||
| infrastructure | ||
| fund, store, stock a reserve of money set aside for some purpose | ||
| communication equipment, communication system facility consisting of the physical plants and equipment for disseminating information | ||
| fire station, firehouse a station housing fire apparatus and firemen | ||
| gas system facility (plant and equipment) for providing natural-gas service | ||
| main a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage | ||
| penal facility, penal institution an institution where persons are confined for punishment and to protect the public | ||
| power grid, power system, grid a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region | ||
| public works structures (such as highways or schools or bridges or docks) constructed at government expense for public use | ||
| school system establishment including the plant and equipment for providing education from kindergarten through high school | ||
| sewage system, sewage works, sewer system facility consisting of a system of sewers for carrying off liquid and solid sewage | ||
| transportation system, transit, transportation a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods | ||
| base - a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) | ||
| nucleotide | ||
| ester formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water | ||
| base pair one of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA molecule that has two strands; the base pairs are adenine with thymine and guanine with cytosine in DNA and adenine with uracil and guanine with cytosine in RNA | ||
| adenosine monophosphate, adenylic acid, amp a nucleotide found in muscle cells and important in metabolism; reversibly convertible to ADP and ATP | ||
| adenosine diphosphate, adp an ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage | ||
| adenosine triphosphate, atp a nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue; the major source of energy for cellular reactions | ||
| deoxyadenosine monophosphate, a one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) | ||
| deoxycytidine monophosphate, c one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) | ||
| deoxyguanosine monophosphate, g one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) | ||
| deoxythymidine monophosphate, t one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) | ||
| muton the smallest unit of DNA where a mutation can occur | ||
| base - the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture" | ||
| basis, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone | ||
| supposal, supposition, assumption the cognitive process of supposing | ||
| explanation thought that makes something comprehensible | ||
| base - lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" | ||
| foundation, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure | ||
| support a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission; "they called for artillery support" | ||
| structure, construction a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" | ||
| bed a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep; "he sat on the edge of the bed"; "the room had only a bed and chair" | ||
| base - (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" | ||
| root, root word, stem, theme, radical | ||
| signifier, word form, descriptor, form a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system | ||
| linguistics the humanistic study of language and literature | ||
| base - 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 | ||
| al-Qaeda, Qaeda, al-Qa'ida, al-Qaida, Base | ||
| act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear | ||
| afghanistan, islamic state of afghanistan a mountainous landlocked country in central Asia; bordered by Iran to the west and Russia to the north and Pakistan to the east and south; "Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan in 1979" | ||
| base - a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor" | ||
| floor | ||
| control the activity of managing or exerting control over something; "the control of the mob by the police was admirable" | ||
| price floor floor below which prices are not allowed to fall; "the government used price supports to maintain the price floor" | ||
| base - the most important or necessary part of something; "the basis of this drink is orange juice" | ||
| basis | ||
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| base - situate as a center of operations; "we will base this project in the new lab" | ||
| situate, locate put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot" | ||
| base - use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation" | ||
| establish, ground, found | ||
| build develop and grow; "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera" | ||
| base - use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes | ||
| free-base | ||
| do drugs, drug administer a drug to; "They drugged the kidnapped tourist" | ||
Adjectivebase, baser, basest |
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| base - 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" | ||
| mean, meanspirited | ||
| ignoble completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose; "something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude"; "I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part"- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. | ||
| base - 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" | ||
| immoral | ||
| wrong based on or acting or judging in error; "it is wrong to think that way" | ||
| base - illegitimate | ||
| baseborn | ||
| illegitimate contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures" | ||
| base - of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth" | ||
| baseborn, humble, lowly | ||
| lowborn of humble birth or origins; "a topsy-turvy society of lowborn rich and blue-blooded poor" | ||
| base - debased; not genuine; "an attempt to eliminate the base coinage" | ||
| base - (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal; "base coins of aluminum"; "a base metal" | ||
| base - serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats" | ||
| basal | ||
| basic of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base | ||
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Wiktionary 
- base (Noun)
Something from which other things extend; a foundation. - base (Noun)
A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object. - base (Noun)
The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; Basis. - base (Noun)
A permanent structure for housing military personnel and material. - base (Noun)
The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters. - base (Noun)
A basic but essential component or ingredient. - base (Noun)
Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds, having bitter taste, that turn red litmus blue, and react with acids to form salts. - base (Noun)
Important areas in games and sports. - base (Noun)
A safe zone in the children's games of tag and hide-and-go-seek. - base (Noun)
One of the three places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out. - base (Noun)
The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement. - base (Noun)
A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer. - base (Noun)
The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support. - base (Noun)
The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor BJT. - base (Noun)
The lowest side of a in a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat. - base (Noun)
A number raised to the power of an exponent. - base (Noun)
Alternative to radix. - base (Noun)
The set of sets from which a topology is generated. - base (Noun)
A topological space , looked at in relation to one of its covering space s, fibrations, or bundles. - base (Noun)
A cheerleader who stays on the ground. - base (Noun)
A morpheme or morphemes that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached. - base (Verb)
To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of. - base (Verb)
To be located at a particular place. - base (Adjective)
Low in height; short. - base (Adjective)
Of low value or degree. - base (Adjective)
Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common. - base (Adjective)
Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly. - base (Adjective)
Inferior; unworthy, of poor quality.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary š
- base (a.)
Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs. - base (a.)
Low in place or position. - base (a.)
Of humble birth; or low degree; lowly; mean. - base (a.)
Illegitimate by birth; bastard. - base (a.)
Of little comparative value, as metal inferior to gold and silver, the precious metals. - base (a.)
Alloyed with inferior metal; debased; as, base coin; base bullion. - base (a.)
Morally low. Hence: Low-minded; unworthy; without dignity of sentiment; ignoble; mean; illiberal; menial; as, a base fellow; base motives; base occupations. - base (a.)
Not classical or correct. - base (a.)
Deep or grave in sound; as, the base tone of a violin. - base (a.)
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. - base (n.)
The bottom of anything, considered as its support, or that on which something rests for support; the foundation; as, the base of a statue. - base (n.)
Fig.: The fundamental or essential part of a thing; the essential principle; a groundwork. - base (n.)
The lower part of a wall, pier, or column, when treated as a separate feature, usually in projection, or especially ornamented. - base (n.)
The lower part of a complete architectural design, as of a monument; also, the lower part of any elaborate piece of furniture or decoration. - base (n.)
That extremity of a leaf, fruit, etc., at which it is attached to its support. - base (n.)
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. - base (n.)
The chief ingredient in a compound. - base (n.)
A substance used as a mordant. - base (n.)
The exterior side of the polygon, or that imaginary line which connects the salient angles of two adjacent bastions. - base (n.)
The line or surface constituting that part of a figure on which it is supposed to stand. - base (n.)
The number from which a mathematical table is constructed; as, the base of a system of logarithms. - base (n.)
A low, or deep, sound. (Mus.) (a) The lowest part; the deepest male voice. (b) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, base. - base (n.)
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. - base (n.)
The smallest kind of cannon. - base (n.)
That part of an organ by which it is attached to another more central organ. - base (n.)
The basal plane of a crystal. - base (n.)
The ground mass of a rock, especially if not distinctly crystalline. - base (n.)
The lower part of the field. See Escutcheon. - base (n.)
The housing of a horse. - base (n.)
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. - base (n.)
The lower part of a robe or petticoat. - base (n.)
An apron. - base (n.)
The point or line from which a start is made; a starting place or a goal in various games. - base (n.)
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. - base (n.)
A rustic play; -- called also prisoner's base, prison base, or bars. - base (n.)
Any one of the four bounds which mark the circuit of the infield. - base (n.)
To put on a base or basis; to lay the foundation of; to found, as an argument or conclusion; -- used with on or upon. - base (a.)
To abase; to let, or cast, down; to lower. - base (a.)
To reduce the value of; to debase.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ī©
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Any chemical species, ionic or molecular, capable of accepting or receiving a proton (hydrogen ion) from another substance; the other substance acts as an acid in giving of the proton. -
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The lowest side of a in a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron. -
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Not adhering to ethical or moral principles. -
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Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality. -
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An installation from which a military force initiates operations. -
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The bottom or lowest part. -
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To use as a basis for. -
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To use purified cocaine by burning it and inhaling the fumes. -
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The lowest support of a structure. -
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The inferior part of a building, monument or furniture. -
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The base of a nucleic acid, such as thymine, uracil, adenine, cytosine and guanine. -
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(Basic Availability, Soft State, Eventual Consistency): A term that refers to the model properties of database transactions, specifically for NoSQL databases needing to manage unstructured data.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary š
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bÄs, n. that on which a thing rests: foot: bottom: foundation: support: the chief ingredient, as in dyeing and chemistry: the starting-point, in a race: the fixed goal across which the ball is struck in hockey, the fixed stations at base-ball: the point from which the operations of a campaign are conducted: a measured line serving as a basis for trigonometrical calculations: the surface on which a plane or solid figure stands: (chem.) a term applied to a compound body, generally consisting of a metal united with oxygen; (archit.) the foot or lower member of a pillar, on which the shaft rests: (her.) the lower portion of the shieldāany figure placed on it is said to be 'in base:' a small portion of the base of a shield parted off by a horizontal line is sometimes called a base.āv.t. to found or place on a base:āpr.p. bÄsā²ing; pa.p. based (bÄst).āadjs. Basā²al, Basā²ilar, pertaining to or situated at the base, esp. of the skull; Baseā²less, without a base or foundation.āns. Baseā²lessness; Baseā²ment, the base or lowest story of a building.āadj. Basā²en-wide (Spens.), widely extended.ān. Baseā²-plate, the foundation plate of a piece of heavy machinery.ān.pl. Basā²es, a kind of embroidered mantle which hung down from the middle to about the knees or lower, worn by knights on horseback: (Spens.) armour for the legs.āns. Baseā²-string, the string of a musical instrument that gives the lowest note; Baseā²-vÄ«ol (same as Bass-viol).āadj. Basā²ic (chem.), belonging to or of the nature of a base.āv.t. Basā²ify (chem.), to convert into a salifiable base:āpr.p. bÄsā²ifying; pa.p. bÄsā²ifÄ«ed. [Fr.āL.āGr. basisāba-, in bainein, to go.] -
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bÄs, adj. low in place, value, estimation, or principle: mean: vile: worthless: debased: counterfeit: (law) servile, as opposed to free: humble: (B. and Shak.) lowly.āadj. Baseā²-born, illegitimate.āadv. Baseā²ly.āadj. Baseā²-mindā²ed, of a low mind or spirit: mean.ān. Baseā²ness.āadj. Baseā²-spirā²ited, mean-spirited. [Fr. basāLow L. bassus, thick, fat, a vulgar Roman word, found also in name Bassus.] -
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bÄs, n. an old game played by two sides occupying contiguous spaces, called bases or homes, off which any player is liable to be touched with the hand or struck by a ball by the enemy, and so attached to their sides. Forms of this game are known as Prisoner's Base or Bars, and Rounders, and the national American game of Base-ball is a development from it
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book āµ
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The breech of a gun. Also, the lowest part of the perimeter of a geometrical figure. When applied to a delta it is that edge of it which is washed by the sea, or recipient of the deltic branches. Also, the lowest part of a mountain or chain of mountains. Also, the level line on which any work stands, as the foot of a pillar. Also, an old boat-gun; a wall-piece on the musketoon principle, carrying a five-ounce ball.
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In fortifications, is the exterior side of the polygon, or that imaginary line which connects the salient angle of two adjacent bastions. -
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In heraldry, denotes the lower part of the shield.
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If touched, it may cause a skin irritation. Gloves should always be worn when using bases. If skin irritation happens, the area affected should be rinsed with cold water. If that does not stop the problem, contact medical help as soon as possible.
