base
1. installation from which a military force initiates operations (Freq. 4)
- the attack wiped out our forward bases
• Syn:
base of operations
• Topics:
military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
• Hypernyms:
military installation
• Hyponyms:
air base, air station, army base, firebase, navy base, rocket base
2. lowest support of a structure (Freq. 3)
- it was built on a base of solid rock
- he stood at the foot of the tower
• Syn:
foundation, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure
• Derivationally related forms:
basal
• Hypernyms:
support
• Hyponyms:
bed, raft foundation
• Part Holonyms:
structure, construction
3. a place that the runner must touch before scoring (Freq. 3)
- he scrambled to get back to the bag
• Syn:
bag
• Hypernyms:
baseball equipment
• Hyponyms:
first base, home plate, home base, home, plate,
second base, third base, third
• Part Holonyms:
baseball diamond, diamond, infield
4. the bottom or lowest part (Freq. 2)
- the base of the mountain
• Derivationally related forms:
basilar
• Hypernyms:
part, piece
5. (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment (Freq. 2)
- the base of the skull
• Derivationally related forms:
basal, basilary
• Topics:
anatomy, general anatomy
• Hypernyms:
bottom
6. a lower limit (Freq. 2)
- the government established a wage floor
• Syn:
floor
• Hypernyms:
control
• Hyponyms:
price floor, wage floor
7. the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained (Freq. 2)
- the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture
• Syn:
basis, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone
• Derivationally related forms:
found (for: foundation), basal
• Hypernyms:
assumption, supposition, supposal
• Hyponyms:
meat and potatoes
• Part Holonyms:
explanation
8. a support or foundation (Freq. 2)
- the base of the lamp
• Syn:
pedestal, stand
• Hypernyms:
support
• Hyponyms:
brass monkey, staddle, trivet
9. a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside;
the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
• Syn:
nucleotide
• Hypernyms:
ester
• Hyponyms:
base pair, adenosine monophosphate, AMP, adenylic acid, adenosine diphosphate,
ADP, adenosine triphosphate, ATP, deoxyadenosine monophosphate, A, deoxycytidine monophosphate,
C, deoxyguanosine monophosphate, G, deoxythymidine monophosphate, T, muton,
uracil, U
10. 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
• Syn:
alkali
• Derivationally related forms:
alkalize (for: alkali), alkalify (for: alkali), basify
• Hypernyms:
compound, chemical compound
• Hyponyms:
pyridine, purine, imidazole, iminazole, glyoxaline,
melamine, cyanuramide, pyrimidine
11. the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
- the base of the triangle
• Hypernyms:
flank
12. the most important or necessary part of something
- the basis of this drink is orange juice
• Syn:
basis
• Hypernyms:
part, portion, component part, component, constituent
13. (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
- 10 is the radix of the decimal system
• Syn:
radix
• Topics:
numeration system, number system, number representation system, system of numeration
• Hypernyms:
number
14. the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
• Syn:
home
• Hypernyms:
location
15. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- thematic vowels are part of the stem
• Syn:
root, root word, stem, theme, radical
• Derivationally related forms:
stem (for: stem)
• Topics:
linguistics
• Hypernyms:
form, word form, signifier, descriptor
16. the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
- the industrial base of Japan
• Syn:
infrastructure
• Hypernyms:
store, stock, fund
• Part Meronyms:
communication system, communication equipment, fire station, firehouse, gas system,
main, penal institution, penal facility, power system, power grid, grid,
public works, school system, sewage system, sewer system, sewage works, transportation system,
transportation, transit, water system, water supply, water
17. 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
• Hypernyms:
ingredient
18. a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
- a tub should sit on its own base
• Hypernyms:
bottom, underside, undersurface
• Part Holonyms:
vessel, box, lamp
19. (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
• Topics:
electronics
• Hypernyms:
electrode
• Part Holonyms:
transistor, junction transistor, electronic transistor
1. use as a basis for;
found on (Freq. 75)
- base a claim on some observation
• Syn:
establish, ground, found
• Derivationally related forms:
foundation (for: found), ground (for: ground)
• Hyponyms:
build
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something PP
2. situate as a center of operations
- we will base this project in the new lab
• Hypernyms:
situate, locate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
3. use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
• Syn:
free-base
• Hypernyms:
drug, do drugs
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
1. serving as or forming a base (Freq. 6)
- the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats
• Syn:
basal
• Similar to:
basic
• Derivationally related forms:
base (for: basal)
2. of low birth or station ('base' is archaic in this sense) (Freq. 1)
- baseborn wretches with dirty faces
- of humble (or lowly) birth
• Syn:
baseborn, humble, lowly
• Similar to:
lowborn
• Derivationally related forms:
humbleness (for: humble)
3. (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
- base coins of aluminum
- a base metal
• Similar to:
inferior
4. 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
• Syn:
immoral
• Similar to:
wrong
• Derivationally related forms:
immorality (for: immoral), baseness
5. 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 vulgar and meanspirited in politics
• Syn:
mean, meanspirited
• Similar to:
ignoble
• Derivationally related forms:
meanness (for: mean), baseness
6. illegitimate
• Syn:
baseborn
• Similar to:
illegitimate
• Usage Domain:
archaism, archaicism
7. debased;
not genuine
- an attempt to eliminate the base coinage
• Similar to:
counterfeit, imitative
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