Lexic.us

Definition of Base

1. Noun. Installation from which a military force initiates operations. "The attack wiped out our forward bases"

2. Verb. Use as a basis for; found on. "Base a claim on some observation"

3. Adjective. Serving as or forming a base. "The painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats"

4. Noun. Lowest support of a structure. "He stood at the foot of the tower"

5. Verb. Situate as a center of operations. "We will base this project in the new lab"

6. Adjective. Of low birth or station ('base' is archaic in this sense). "Of humble (or lowly) birth"

7. Noun. A place that the runner must touch before scoring. "He scrambled to get back to the bag"

8. Verb. Use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes.

9. Adjective. (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal. "A base metal"

10. Noun. The bottom or lowest part. "The base of the mountain"

11. Adjective. Not adhering to ethical or moral principles. "Unethical practices in handling public funds"

12. Noun. (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment. "The base of the skull"

13. Adjective. Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality. "Something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"

14. Noun. A lower limit. "The government established a wage floor"

15. Adjective. Illegitimate.

16. Noun. The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained. "The whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"

17. Adjective. Debased; not genuine. "An attempt to eliminate the base coinage"

18. Noun. A support or foundation. "The base of the lamp"

19. Noun. A phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA).

20. 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"

21. Noun. The bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed. "The base of the triangle"

22. Noun. The most important or necessary part of something. "The basis of this drink is orange juice"

23. 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"

24. Noun. The place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end.

25. 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.

26. Noun. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed. "Thematic vowels are part of the stem"

27. Noun. The stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area. "The industrial base of Japan"

28. Noun. The principal ingredient of a mixture. "Everything she cooked seemed to have rice as the base"

29. Noun. A flat bottom on which something is intended to sit. "A tub should sit on its own base"

30. Noun. (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector.

Definition of Base

1. a. Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.

2. 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.

3. v. t. To put on a base or basis; to lay the foundation of; to found, as an argument or conclusion; -- used with on or upon.

4. v. t. To abase; to let, or cast, down; to lower.

Definition of Base

1. morally low [adj BASER, BASEST] / to found [v BASED, BASING, BASES] - See also: found

Medical Definition of Base

1. The nonacid part of a salt, a substance that combines with acids to form salts, a substance that dissociates to give hydroxide ions in aqueous solutions, a substance whose molecule or ion can combine with a proton (hydrogen ion), a substance capable of donating a pair of electrons (to an acid) for the formation of a coordinate covalent bond. (13 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Base

basal vein basal veins basal vein of Rosenthal Basan basan Basan's syndrome basanite basanite basanites basans

basbleu bascule bascule bascules base (current term) base (current term) base-forming base-stacking baseball baseball

baseballs baseball bat baseball cap baseball card baseball clinic baseball club baseball coach baseball coil baseball diamond baseball elbow

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