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noun : BASE
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) installation from which a military force initiates operations; "the attack wiped out our forward bases" ;
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2. (
) lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" ;
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4. (
) the bottom or lowest part; "the base of the mountain" ;
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5. (
) (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull" ;
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7. (
) the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture" ;
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8. (
) a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp" ;
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9. (
) a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) ;
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11. (
) the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed; "the base of the triangle" ;
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15. (
) a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries ;
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17. (
) the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan" ;
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18. (
) 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" ;
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19. (
) a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; "a tub should sit on its own base" ;
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20. (
) (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector ;
verb : BASE
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation" ;
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2. (
) situate as a center of operations; "we will base this project in the new lab" ;
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3. (
) use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes ;
Adjective : BASE
Source:WordNet 3.1
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2. (
) of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth" ;
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3. (
) (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal; "base coins of aluminum"; "a base metal" ;
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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" ;
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7. (
) debased; not genuine; "an attempt to eliminate the base coinage" ;
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