base
noun
[ beɪs ]
• the lowest part or edge of something, especially the part on which it rests or is supported.
• "she sat down at the base of a tree"
Similar:
foundation,
bottom,
foot,
support,
prop,
stay,
stand,
pedestal,
plinth,
rest,
bed,
substructure,
• a conceptual structure or entity on which something draws or depends.
• "the town's economic base collapsed"
• a place used as a centre of operations by the armed forces or others; a headquarters.
• "he headed back to base"
• a main or important element or ingredient to which other things are added.
• "soaps with a vegetable oil base"
• a substance capable of reacting with an acid to form a salt and water, or (more broadly) of accepting or neutralizing hydrogen ions.
• the middle part of a bipolar transistor, separating the emitter from the collector.
• the root or stem of a word or a derivative.
• a number used as the basis of a numeration scale.
• each of the four stations that must be reached in turn to score a run.
base
verb
• use (something specified) as the foundation or starting point for something.
• "the film is based on a novel by Pat Conroy"
Similar:
found,
build,
construct,
form,
establish,
ground,
root,
use as a basis,
rest,
hinge,
emanate from,
derive from,
spring from,
stem from,
originate in,
have its origin in,
can be traced back to,
• situate at a specified place as the centre of operations.
• "the Science Policy Review Unit is based at the University of Sussex"
Similar:
locate,
station,
situate,
post,
position,
place,
install,
deploy,
site,
establish,
garrison,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, from Latin basis ‘base, pedestal’, from Greek.
base
adjective
• without moral principles; ignoble.
• "the electorate's baser instincts of greed and selfishness"
Similar:
sordid,
improper,
low,
mean,
bad,
wrong,
evil,
wicked,
iniquitous,
immoral,
sinful,
unscrupulous,
unprincipled,
unseemly,
unsavoury,
shoddy,
squalid,
vile,
foul,
vulgar,
tawdry,
cheap,
low-minded,
debased,
degenerate,
depraved,
corrupt,
reprobate,
dissolute,
dishonest,
dishonourable,
disreputable,
despicable,
discreditable,
contemptible,
petty,
ignominious,
ignoble,
shameful,
wretched,
scandalous,
infamous,
abhorrent,
abominable,
disgusting,
• denoting or befitting a person of low social class.
• (of coins or other articles) not made of precious metal.
• "the basest coins in the purse were made in the 620s AD"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French bas, from medieval Latin bassus ‘short’ (found in classical Latin as a cognomen). Early senses included ‘low, short’ and ‘of inferior quality’; from the latter arose a sense ‘low in the social scale’, and hence (mid 16th century) ‘reprehensibly cowardly, selfish, or mean’.
