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The Meaning of base
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(a.) Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.
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(a.) Low in place or position.
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(a.) Of humble birth; or low degree; lowly; mean.
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(a.) Illegitimate by birth; bastard.
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(a.) Of little comparative value, as metal inferior to gold and silver, the precious metals.
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(a.) Alloyed with inferior metal; debased; as, base coin; base bullion.
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(a.) Morally low. Hence: Low-minded; unworthy; without dignity of sentiment; ignoble; mean; illiberal; menial; as, a base fellow; base motives; base occupations.
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(a.) Not classical or correct.
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(a.) Deep or grave in sound; as, the base tone of a violin.
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(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.
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(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.
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(n.) Fig.: The fundamental or essential part of a thing; the essential principle; a groundwork.
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(n.) The lower part of a wall, pier, or column, when treated as a separate feature, usually in projection, or especially ornamented.
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(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.
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(n.) That extremity of a leaf, fruit, etc., at which it is attached to its support.
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(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.
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(n.) The chief ingredient in a compound.
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(n.) A substance used as a mordant.
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(n.) The exterior side of the polygon, or that imaginary line which connects the salient angles of two adjacent bastions.
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(n.) The line or surface constituting that part of a figure on which it is supposed to stand.
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(n.) The number from which a mathematical table is constructed; as, the base of a system of logarithms.
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(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.
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(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.
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(n.) The smallest kind of cannon.
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(n.) That part of an organ by which it is attached to another more central organ.
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(n.) The basal plane of a crystal.
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(n.) The ground mass of a rock, especially if not distinctly crystalline.
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(n.) The lower part of the field. See Escutcheon.
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(n.) The housing of a horse.
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(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.
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(n.) The lower part of a robe or petticoat.
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(n.) An apron.
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(n.) The point or line from which a start is made; a starting place or a goal in various games.
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(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.
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(n.) A rustic play; -- called also prisoner's base, prison base, or bars.
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(n.) Any one of the four bounds which mark the circuit of the infield.
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(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.
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(a.) To abase; to let, or cast, down; to lower.
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(a.) To reduce the value of; to debase.
Synonyms
foundation
,
foot
,
bag
,
radix
,
stand
,
al-Qaeda
,
al-Qa'ida
,
substructure
,
theme
,
radical
,
alkali
,
basis
,
home
,
groundwork
,
base of operations
,
understructure
,
root
,
infrastructure
,
al-Qaida
,
pedestal
,
floor
,
fundament
,
cornerstone
,
stem
,
root word
,
nucleotide
,
metrical unit
,
bottom
,
foundation garment
,
founding
,
tail
,
pes
,
instauration
,
butt
,
posterior
,
rear end
,
infantry
,
introduction
,
can
,
ft
,
nates
,
innovation
,
invertebrate foot
,
buttocks
,
prat
,
animal foot
,
stern
,
metrical foot
,
seat
,
backside
,
bum
,
tooshie
,
grounding
,
buns
,
arse
,
institution
,
hindquarters
,
tail end
,
behind
,
origination
,
hind end
,
derriere
,
rump
,
ass
,
keister
,
rear
,
fanny
,
human foot
,
tush
,
initiation
,
creation
,
bagful
,
traveling bag
,
grip
,
suitcase
,
travelling bag
,
cup of tea
,
old bag
,
udder
,
purse
,
pocketbook
,
handbag
,
dish
,
flooring
,
trading floor
,
storey
,
story
,
level
,
ground
,
footing
,
standstill
,
sales booth
,
rack
,
point of view
,
standpoint
,
viewpoint
,
footstall
,
stall
,
outdoor stage
,
bandstand
,
tie-up
,
plinth
,
domicile
,
place
,
house
,
plate
,
home base
,
household
,
habitation
,
family
,
nursing home
,
abode
,
home plate
,
rest home
,
menage
,
dwelling house
,
dwelling
,
idea
,
ascendent
,
composition
,
paper
,
motif
,
prow
,
ascendant
,
group
,
shank
,
stalk
,
report
,
etymon
,
subject
,
bow
,
fore
,
topic
,
free radical
,
melodic theme
,
source
,
ancestor
,
antecedent
,
musical theme
,
origin
,
rootage
,
tooth root
,
stem turn
,
solution
,
beginning
,
chemical group
,
baseborn
,
meanspirited
,
basal
,
immoral
,
lowly
,
mean
,
humble
,
primary
,
junior-grade
,
subaltern
,
modest
,
menial
,
low
,
lower-ranking
,
secondary
,
small
,
petty(a)
,
hateful
,
tight
,
mingy
,
ungenerous
,
mean(a)
,
average
,
bastardly
,
beggarly
,
miserly
,
demonstrate
,
set up
,
install
,
strand
,
found
,
institute
,
instal
,
launch
,
build
,
prove
,
free-base
,
give
,
run aground
,
plant
,
shew
,
undercoat
,
lay down
,
establish
,
prime
,
anchor
,
make
,
show
,
constitute
,
brutish
,
animal
,
brutal
,
ignorant
,
sensual
,
swinish
,
brute
,
imbruted
,
sottish
,
unintellectual
,
beastly
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carnal
,
insensible
,
stolid
,
unspiritual
,
bestial
,
coarse
,
lascivious
,
stupid
,
vile
Antonyms
incidental
,
noble
,
echt
,
legitimate
,
right
,
intellectual
,
enlightened
,
grand
,
humane
,
intelligent
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refined
,
genuine
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superior
,
incident
,
elevated
,
exalted
,
great
Rhymes
ace
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aerospace
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airspace
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anyplace
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apace
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arianespace
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bass
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birthplace
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boldface
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bookcase
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brace
,
briefcase
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caisse
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case
,
cayce
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chace
,
chase
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commonplace
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crace
,
cyberspace
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dace
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database
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debase
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deface
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degrace
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diabase
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diastase
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disgrace
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displace
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efface
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embrace
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encase
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erase
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everyplace
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face
,
fireplace
,
footrace
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frace
,
glace
,
grace
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heyse
,
incase
,
interface
,
interlace
,
lace
,
lactase
,
lambastes
,
left-brace
,
lovelace
,
mace
,
mais
,
marketplace
,
misplace
,
nace
,
orthoclase
,
outpace
,
pace
,
place
,
plagioclase
,
polymerase
,
race
,
replace
,
retrace
,
right-brace
,
scarface
,
shoelace
,
showcase
,
showplace
,
someplace
,
space
,
staircase
,
steeplechase
,
streptokinase
,
suitcase
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thrace
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trace
,
typeface
,
vase
,
wace
,
wheelbase
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workplace