• a support or foundation; "the Base of the lamp"
• place that runner must touch before scoring; "he scrambled to get back to the bag"
• (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
• installation from which a military force initiates operations; "the attack wiped out our forward Bases"
• a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; "a tub should sit on its own 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"
• lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a Base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"
• the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial Base of Japan"
• the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"
• (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
• a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor"
• an intensely anti-western terrorist network that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist group; has cells in more than 50 countries
• the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
• (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the Base of the skull"
• the bottom or lowest part; "the Base of the mountain"
• (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place; "10 is the radix of the decimal system"
• the most important or necessary part of something; "the basis of this drink is orange juice"
• the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed; "the Base of the triangle"
• 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"
• use as a basis for; found on; "Base a claim on some observation"
• assign to a station
• use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
• deBased; not genuine; "an attempt to eliminate the Base coinage"
• illegitimate
• 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 vulga
• of low birth or station (`Base'' is archaic in this sense); "Baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"
• serving as or forming a Base; "the painter applied a Base coat followed by two finishing coats"
• 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"
• (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal; "Base coins of aluminum"; "a Base metal"

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