| base | |
| 1. n. Something from which other things extend; a foundation. | |
| 2. n. A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object. | |
| 3. n. The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis. | |
| 4. n. A permanent structure for housing military personnel and material. | |
| 5. n. The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters. | |
| 6. n. (cooking, painting, pharmacy) A basic but essential component or ingredient. | |
| 7. n. A substance used as a mordant in dyeing. | |
| 8. n. (cosmetics) Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform. | |
| 9. n. (chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds, having bitter taste, that turn red litmus blue, and react with acids to form salts. | |
| 10. n. Important areas in games and sports. | |
| 11. n. A safe zone in the children's games of tag and hide-and-go-seek. | |
| 12. n. (baseball) One of the three places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out. | |
| 13. n. (architecture) The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement. | |
| 14. n. (biology, biochemistry) A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer. | |
| 15. n. (botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support. | |
| 16. n. (electronics) The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT). | |
| 17. n. (geometry) The lowest side of a in a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat. | |
| 18. n. (heraldry) The lowest third of a shield or escutcheon. | |
| 19. n. (heraldry) The lower part of the field. See escutcheon. | |
| 20. n. (mathematics) A number raised to the power of an exponent. | |
| The logarithm to base 2 of 8 is 3. | |
| 21. n. (mathematics) (synonym of radix). | |
| 22. n. (topology) The set of sets from which a topology is generated. | |
| 23. n. (topology) A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles. | |
| 24. n. (acrobatics, cheerleading) In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that remains in contact with the ground. | |
| 25. n. (linguistics) A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached. | |
| 26. n. (music) (dated form of bass) | |
| 27. n. (military, historical) The smallest kind of cannon. | |
| 28. n. (archaic) The housing of a horse. | |
| 29. n. (historical, in the plural) A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armour) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower. | |
| 30. n. (obsolete) The lower part of a robe or petticoat. | |
| 31. n. (obsolete) An apron. | |
| 32. 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 sys | |
| 33. v. To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of. | |
| 34. v. To be located (at a particular place). | |
| 35. v. (acrobatics, cheerleading) To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer. | |
| 36. adj. (obsolete) Low in height; short. | |
| 37. adj. Low in place or position. | |
| 38. adj. (obsolete) Of low value or degree. | |
| 39. adj. (archaic) Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common. | |
| 40. adj. Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly. | |
| 41. adj. (now rare) Inferior; unworthy, of poor quality. | |
| 42. adj. Designating those metals which are not classed as precious or noble. | |
| 43. adj. Alloyed with inferior metal; debased. | |
| base coin | |
| base bullion | |
| 44. adj. (obsolete) Of illegitimate birth; bastard. | |
| 45. adj. Not classical or correct. | |
| base Latin | |
| 46. adj. obsolete form of bass | |
| the base tone of a violin | |
| 47. adj. (legal) Not held by honourable service. | |
| A base estate is one held by services not honourable, or held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base, or low, and the tenant is a base tenant. | |
| 48. n. (now chiefly US historical) The game of prisoners' bars. | |
