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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Adj
Pronunciation: /beɪs/
Pronunciation (ENPR): bās

Definition 1:
• Low in height; short.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: little, petite, short
Labels: obsolete

Definition 2:
• Low in place or position.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: low-lying, lowland

Definition 3:
• Of low value or degree.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: base, contemptible, floccinaucinihilipilificatious, foolish, for the birds, futile, frivolous, idle, ignorable, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable, indifferent, insignificant, like a fart in a windstorm, meager, mean, minor, miserable, negligible, nothingburger, nondescript, null, paltry, petty, picayune, picayunish, piddling, piddly, pissant, pissass, piteous, pitiful, pointless, silly, simple, slight, ticky-tacky, tin-pot, trifling, trivial, two-bit, unimportant, unweighty, vain, worthless, wretched
Labels: obsolete

Definition 4:
• Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: common, low-born, lowly, plebeian, vulgar
Labels: archaic

Definition 5:
• Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: abject, filthy, base, beggarly, blameworthy, carrion, cheap, choical, contemptible, cringing, damnable, dedecorous, degraded, deplorable, deridable, derisible, despicable, despisable, dirty, discreditable, disdainable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, execrable, groveling, hylic, hylical, ignoble, ignominious, inglorious, lame, laughable, loathsome, lousy, low, ludicrous, mean, mean-spirited, miserable, obscene, outrageous, paltry, pathetic, pissass, pitiable, pitiful, plebeian, punk, putrid, reprehensible, reprehensive, reptile, reptilian, reptitious, ridiculous, risible, roynish, scabbed, scald, scornworthy, scummy, scurvy, shabby, shameful, s***, sleazy, slavish, slimy, sordid, sorry, trashy, ugly, uncommendable, uncool, unmentionable, unwashed, unsophisticated, unworthy, vile, vulgar, weak, worthless, wretched, abandoned, arrant, bad, bad apple, bad seed, baleful, scurrilous, baneful, black-hearted, dark, deleterious, demonic, depraved, detrimental, devilish, diabolical, evil, evil-minded, facinorous, flagitious, harmful, heinous, ill-intentioned, ill-natured, immoral, incorrigible, iniquitous, iniquous, injurious, knavish, malefic, maleficent, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, naughty, nefarious, niddering, nidering, niding, nithing, no-good, peccaminous, pernicious, reprobate, satanic, scathful, sinful, sinister, sullen, ungodly, unholy, vicious, villainous, wicked, wrong

Definition 6:
• Inferior; unworthy, of poor quality.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: low-quality
Labels: archaic

Definition 7:
• Not considered precious or noble.
Labels: of a metal

Definition 8:
• Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
Example: base coin
Example: base bullion

Definition 9:
• Of illegitimate birth; bastard.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: illegitimate, base, baseborn, base born, bastardly, extramarital, misbegotten, nameless, natural, spurious, unwanted, degenerate
Labels: obsolete

Definition 10:
• Not classical or correct.

Definition 11:
• Obsolete form of bass.
Example: the base tone of a violin
Labels: alt-of, obsolete

Definition 12:
• Relating to feudal land tenure held by a tenant from a lord in exchange for services that are seen as unworthy for noblemen to perform, such as villeinage.
Example: A base estate is one held by services not honourable, or held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base, or low, and the tenant is a base tenant.
Labels: law
Name
Pronunciation: /beɪs/

Definition 1:
• Acronym of British Association for Screen Entertainment.
Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Name

Definition 1:
• A surname transferred from the nickname.
Noun
Pronunciation: /beɪs/
Pronunciation (ENPR): bās

Definition 1:
• Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 2:
• Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
• A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 3:
• The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 4:
• A site, structure, or both, usually durable and often permanent, for housing military personnel and materiel.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 5:
• The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 6:
• A basic but essential component or ingredient.
Labels: cooking, food, lifestyle, countable, uncountable

Definition 7:
• A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 8:
• Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
Labels: cosmetics, lifestyle, countable, uncountable

Definition 9:
• Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds that turn red litmus blue and react with acids to form salts.
Labels: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, countable, uncountable

Definition 10:
• Important areas in games and sports.
• A safe zone in the children's games of tag and hide-and-go-seek.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 11:
• Important areas in games and sports.
• One of the four places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out when the ball is in play.
Labels: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports, countable, uncountable

Definition 12:
• The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
Labels: architecture, countable, uncountable

Definition 13:
• A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
Labels: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, countable, uncountable

Definition 14:
• The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
Labels: biology, botany, natural-sciences, countable, uncountable

Definition 15:
• The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
Labels: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, countable, uncountable

Definition 16:
• The lowest side of a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.
Labels: geometry, mathematics, sciences, countable, uncountable

Definition 17:
• The lowest third of a shield (or field), or an ordinary occupying this space, the champagne. (Compare terrace.)
Labels: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics, countable, uncountable

Definition 18:
• A number raised to the power of an exponent.
Example: The logarithm to base 2 of 8 is 3.
Labels: mathematics, sciences, countable, uncountable

Definition 19:
• Synonym of radix.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: radix
Labels: mathematics, sciences, countable, uncountable

Definition 20:
• The set of sets from which a topology is generated.
Labels: mathematics, sciences, topology, countable, uncountable

Definition 21:
• A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
Labels: mathematics, sciences, topology, countable, uncountable

Definition 22:
• A sequence of elements not jointly stabilized by any nontrivial group element.
Labels: group-theory, mathematics, sciences, countable, uncountable

Definition 23:
• In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that remains in contact with the ground.
Labels: acrobatics, arts, cheerleading, hobbies, lifestyle, performing-arts, sports, countable, uncountable

Definition 24:
• A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.
Labels: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, countable, uncountable

Definition 25:
• Dated form of bass.
Labels: entertainment, lifestyle, music, alt-of, countable, dated, uncountable

Definition 26:
• The smallest kind of cannon.
Labels: government, military, politics, war, countable, historical, uncountable

Definition 27:
• The housing of a horse.
Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable

Definition 28:
• A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower.
Labels: countable, historical, in-plural, sometimes, uncountable

Definition 29:
• A kind of armour skirt, of mail or plate, imitating the preceding civilian skirt.
Labels: countable, historical, in-plural, sometimes, uncountable

Definition 30:
• The lower part of a robe or petticoat.
Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable

Definition 31:
• An apron.
Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable

Definition 32:
• A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 33:
• A group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates for elected office.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: electoral base, political base
Labels: government, politics, countable, uncountable

Definition 34:
• The forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: substructure
Wiktionary-listed antonyms: superstructure
Labels: Marxism, countable, uncountable

Definition 35:
• A material that holds paint or other materials together; a binder.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 36:
• Ellipsis of base leg.
Labels: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

Definition 37:
• freebase cocaine
Labels: slang, uncountable
Noun
Pronunciation: /beɪs/

Definition 1:
• Acronym of building, antenna-tower, span, earth.
Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Noun
Pronunciation: /beɪs/
Pronunciation (ENPR): bās

Definition 1:
• The game of prisoners' bars.
Labels: US, historical, uncountable

Definition 2:
• Alternative form of BASE.
Labels: alt-of, alternative
Verb
Pronunciation: /beɪs/
Pronunciation (ENPR): bās

Definition 1:
• To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: ground
Labels: transitive

Definition 2:
• To be located (at a particular place).
Example: Troops have been based in Munich since the end of World War II.
Example: Top management decided to base our new Spanish subsidiary in Arévalo (Ávila).
Labels: transitive

Definition 3:
• To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.
Labels: acrobatics, arts, cheerleading, hobbies, lifestyle, performing-arts, sports

Definition 4:
• To freebase.
Labels: slang

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/base