base

1. a. Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs. Source: opted

2. a. Low in place or position. Source: opted

3. a. Of humble birth; or low degree; lowly; mean. Source: opted

4. a. Illegitimate by birth; bastard. Source: opted

5. a. Of little comparative value, as metal inferior to gold and silver, the precious metals. Source: opted

6. a. Alloyed with inferior metal; debased; as, base coin; base bullion. Source: opted

7. a. Morally low. Hence: Low-minded; unworthy; without dignity of sentiment; ignoble; mean; illiberal; menial; as, a base fellow; base motives; base occupations. Source: opted

8. a. Not classical or correct. Source: opted

9. a. Deep or grave in sound; as, the base tone of a violin. Source: opted

10. a. Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base, or low, and the tenant, a base tenant. Source: opted

11. n. The bottom of anything, considered as its support, or that on which something rests for support; the foundation; as, the base of a statue. Source: opted

12. n. Fig.: The fundamental or essential part of a thing; the essential principle; a groundwork. Source: opted

13. n. The lower part of a wall, pier, or column, when treated as a separate feature, usually in projection, or especially ornamented. Source: opted

14. n. The lower part of a complete architectural design, as of a monument; also, the lower part of any elaborate piece of furniture or decoration. Source: opted

15. n. That extremity of a leaf, fruit, etc., at which it is attached to its support. Source: opted

16. n. The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a substance which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the latter and forms a salt; -- applied also to the hydroxides of the positive elements or radicals, and to certain organic bodies resembling them in their property of forming salts with acids. Source: opted

17. n. The chief ingredient in a compound. Source: opted

18. n. A substance used as a mordant. Source: opted

19. n. The exterior side of the polygon, or that imaginary line which connects the salient angles of two adjacent bastions. Source: opted

20. n. The line or surface constituting that part of a figure on which it is supposed to stand. Source: opted

21. n. The number from which a mathematical table is constructed; as, the base of a system of logarithms. Source: opted

22. n. A low, or deep, sound. (Mus.) (a) The lowest part; the deepest male voice. (b) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, base. Source: opted

23. n. A place or tract of country, protected by fortifications, or by natural advantages, from which the operations of an army proceed, forward movements are made, supplies are furnished, etc. Source: opted

24. n. The smallest kind of cannon. Source: opted

25. n. That part of an organ by which it is attached to another more central organ. Source: opted

26. n. The basal plane of a crystal. Source: opted

27. n. The ground mass of a rock, especially if not distinctly crystalline. Source: opted

28. n. The lower part of the field. See Escutcheon. Source: opted

29. n. The housing of a horse. Source: opted

30. n. A kind of skirt ( often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armor) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower. Source: opted

31. n. The lower part of a robe or petticoat. Source: opted

32. n. An apron. Source: opted

33. n. The point or line from which a start is made; a starting place or a goal in various games. Source: opted

34. n. 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. Source: opted

35. n. A rustic play; -- called also prisoner's base, prison base, or bars. Source: opted

36. n. Any one of the four bounds which mark the circuit of the infield. Source: opted

37. n. To put on a base or basis; to lay the foundation of; to found, as an argument or conclusion; -- used with on or upon. Source: opted

38. a. To abase; to let, or cast, down; to lower. Source: opted

39. a. To reduce the value of; to debase. Source: opted

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