eng: base

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means	(noun) installation from which a military force initiates operations; "the attack wiped out our forward bases" base of operations, base
means	(noun) lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" substructure, foot, understructure, fundament, groundwork, foundation, base
means	(noun) a place that the runner must touch before scoring; "he scrambled to get back to the bag" bag, base
means	(noun) the bottom or lowest part; "the base of the mountain" base
means	(noun) (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull" base
means	(noun) a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor" base, floor
means	(noun) the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture" basis, cornerstone, groundwork, foundation, fundament, base
means	(noun) a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp" stand, base, pedestal
means	(noun) a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) base, nucleotide
means	(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" alkali, base
means	(noun) the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed; "the base of the triangle" base
means	(noun) the most important or necessary part of something; "the basis of this drink is orange juice" base, basis
means	(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" radix, base
means	(noun) the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end base, home
means	(noun) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" theme, root word, base, root, stem, radical
means	(noun) the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan" base, infrastructure
means	(noun) 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" base
means	(noun) a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; "a tub should sit on its own base" base
means	(noun) (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector base
means	(verb) use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation" establish, base, ground, found
means	(verb) situate as a center of operations; "we will base this project in the new lab" base
means	(verb) use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes free-base, base
means	(adjective) serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats" basal, base
means	(adjective) of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth" baseborn, lowly, humble, base
means	(adjective) (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal; "base coins of aluminum"; "a base metal" base
means	(adjective) 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" base, immoral
means	(adjective) 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" mean, meanspirited, base
means	(adjective) illegitimate baseborn, base
means	(adjective) debased; not genuine; "an attempt to eliminate the base coinage" base
means	e/Base (group theory)
means	e/Base (politics)
means	e/Base (topology)

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