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English to English adjective
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Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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serving as or forming a base | | Example: the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats
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of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense) | | Example: baseborn wretches with dirty faces
of humble (or lowly) birth
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(used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal | | Example: base coins of aluminum
a base metal
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not adhering to ethical or moral principles | | Example: base and unpatriotic motives
a base, degrading way of life
cheating is dishonorable
they considered colonialism immoral
unethical practices in handling public funds
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having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality | | Example: that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble
taking a mean advantage
chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort
something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics
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illegitimate | | source: wordnet30
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debased; not genuine | | Example: an attempt to eliminate the base coinage
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installation from which a military force initiates operations | | Example: the attack wiped out our forward bases
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lowest support of a structure | | Example: it was built on a base of solid rock
he stood at the foot of the tower
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a place that the runner must touch before scoring | | Example: he scrambled to get back to the bag
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the bottom or lowest part | | Example: the base of the mountain
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(anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment | | Example: the base of the skull
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a lower limit | | Example: the government established a wage floor
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the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained | | Example: the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture
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a support or foundation | | Example: the base of the lamp
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a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) | | source: wordnet30
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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
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the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed | | Example: the base of the triangle
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the most important or necessary part of something | | Example: the basis of this drink is orange juice
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(numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place | | Example: 10 is the radix of the decimal system
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the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end | | source: wordnet30
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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 | | source: wordnet30
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(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed | | Example: thematic vowels are part of the stem
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the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area | | Example: the industrial base of Japan
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the principal ingredient of a mixture | | Example: 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
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a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit | | Example: a tub should sit on its own base
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(electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector | | source: wordnet30
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The bottom of anything, considered as its support, or that on which something rests for support; the foundation; as, the base of a statue. | | source: webster1913 verb
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use as a basis for; found on | | Example: base a claim on some observation
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situate as a center of operations | | Example: we will base this project in the new lab
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use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes | | source: wordnet30
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To put on a base or basis; to lay the foundation of; to found, as an argument or conclusion; -- used with on or upon. | | source: webster1913
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To abase; to let, or cast, down; to lower. | | source: webster1913
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