Base can be categorized as an adjective, a noun and a verb.
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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" | ||
| 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" | ||
| base - illegitimate | ||
| base - of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth" | ||
| 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" | ||
Verb |
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| base - situate as a center of operations; "we will base this project in the new lab" | ||
| base - use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation" | ||
| base - use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes | ||
Noun |
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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" | ||
| base - installation from which a military force initiates operations; "the attack wiped out our forward bases" | ||
| base - a place that the runner must touch before scoring; "he scrambled to get back to the bag" | ||
| base - a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp" | ||
| base - a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; "a tub should sit on its own base" | ||
| base - (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull" | ||
| base - (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector | ||
| 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" | ||
| base - the bottom or lowest part; "the base of the mountain" | ||
| 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" | ||
| base - the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end | ||
| 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" | ||
| base - a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) | ||
| base - the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture" | ||
| base - lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" | ||
| base - (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" | ||
| 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 | ||
| base - a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor" | ||
| base - the most important or necessary part of something; "the basis of this drink is orange juice" |
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| 1. | noun | The base of the lamp. | |
| 2. | noun | A tub should sit on its own base. | |
| 3. | noun | The base of the skull. | |
| 4. | noun | Glycerinated gelatin is used as a base for many ointments. | |
| 5. | noun | He told the painter that he wanted a yellow base with just a hint of green. | |
| 6. | noun | Everything she cooked seemed to have rice as the base. | |
| 7. | noun | The base of the mountain. | |
| 8. | noun | The base of the triangle. | |
| 9. | noun | The industrial base of Japan. | |
| 10. | noun | It was built on a base of solid rock. | |
| 11. | noun | They would thereby gain control of a major base for terrorist operations, which is also a nuclear power. | |
| 12. | noun | Its support base is much larger than what it seems. | |
| 13. | noun | The Andaman Sea is a major conduit for this traffic, and the 572 large and small islands that constitute the Andaman and Nicobar group are a natural transit base. | |
| 14. | noun | Until 1995 the LTTE maintained a base at Twante, an island off the coat of Myanmar, west of the Andaman islands. | |
| 15. | noun | Subsequently, Phuket became the LTTE's main backup base. | |
| 16. | verb | We will base this project in the new lab. | |
| 17. | verb | Base a claim on some observation. | |
| 18. | verb | Only a fool would base a decision using the cheapest surgeon to perform an operation. | |
| 19. | verb | What do you base your theory on? | |
| 20. | verb | Comedians base their jokes on tragic situations like violent death or serious accidents. | |
| 21. | verb | You must not base your estimation of a person on rumor alone. | |
| 22. | verb | And what do you base your demand on? | |
| 23. | verb | Most people base their political positions on feelings rather than evidence. | |
| 24. | verb | Xenophobes base their worldview on hating certain groups of people. I, on the other hand, hate all groups of people. | |
| 25. | verb | I believe it is a mistake to base our views on broad generalisations about the characteristics of men and women, as such stereotypes are often inaccurate. | |
| 26. | verb | What do you base this assumption on? | |
| 27. | verb | Ten isn’t the "number of the universe"; it’s just a number we’ve chosen to base our perceptions of the universe on. | |
| 28. | adj. | That liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble. | |
| 29. | adj. | Base and unpatriotic motives. | |
| 30. | adj. | A base, degrading way of life. | |
| 31. | adj. | An attempt to eliminate the base coinage. | |
| 32. | adj. | Base coins of aluminum. | |
| 33. | adj. | A base metal. | |
| 34. | adj. | The painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats. |
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| noun | |
| The base of the lamp. |
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| A tub should sit on its own base. |
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| The base of the skull. |
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| Glycerinated gelatin is used as a base for many ointments. |
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| He told the painter that he wanted a yellow base with just a hint of green. |
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| Everything she cooked seemed to have rice as the base. |
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| The base of the mountain. |
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| The base of the triangle. |
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| The industrial base of Japan. |
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| It was built on a base of solid rock. |
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| They would thereby gain control of a major base for terrorist operations, which is also a nuclear power. |
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| Its support base is much larger than what it seems. |
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| The Andaman Sea is a major conduit for this traffic, and the 572 large and small islands that constitute the Andaman and Nicobar group are a natural transit base. |
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| Until 1995 the LTTE maintained a base at Twante, an island off the coat of Myanmar, west of the Andaman islands. |
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| Subsequently, Phuket became the LTTE's main backup base. |
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| verb | |
| We will base this project in the new lab. |
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| Base a claim on some observation. |
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| Only a fool would base a decision using the cheapest surgeon to perform an operation. |
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| What do you base your theory on? | |
| Comedians base their jokes on tragic situations like violent death or serious accidents. | |
| You must not base your estimation of a person on rumor alone. | |
| And what do you base your demand on? | |
| Most people base their political positions on feelings rather than evidence. | |
| Xenophobes base their worldview on hating certain groups of people. I, on the other hand, hate all groups of people. | |
| I believe it is a mistake to base our views on broad generalisations about the characteristics of men and women, as such stereotypes are often inaccurate. | |
| What do you base this assumption on? | |
| Ten isn’t the "number of the universe"; it’s just a number we’ve chosen to base our perceptions of the universe on. | |
| adj. | |
| That liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble. |
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| Base and unpatriotic motives. |
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| A base, degrading way of life. |
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| An attempt to eliminate the base coinage. |
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| Base coins of aluminum. |
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| A base metal. |
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| The painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats. |
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