base
Seed from Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025
Meanings by context
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- definition serving as or forming a base
- definition of low birth or station (‘base’ is archaic in this sense)
- definition (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
- definition not adhering to ethical or moral principles
- definition having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
- definition illegitimate
- definition debased; not genuine
- definition installation from which a military force initiates operations
- definition lowest support of a structure
- definition a place that the runner must touch before scoring
- definition the bottom or lowest part
- definition (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
- definition a lower limit
- definition the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- definition a support or foundation
- definition a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
- definition any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
- definition the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
- definition the most important or necessary part of something
- definition (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
- definition the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
- definition (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- definition the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
- definition the principal ingredient of a mixture
- definition a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
- definition (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
- definition use as a basis for; found on
- definition situate as a center of operations
- definition use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes