English to English
adjective
- Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- installation from which a military force initiates operations
The attack wiped out our forward bases.
source: WordNet 3.0
- lowest support of a structure
It was built on a base of solid rock.
He stood at the foot of the tower.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a place that the runner must touch before scoring
He scrambled to get back to the bag.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the bottom or lowest part
The base of the mountain.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
The base of the skull.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a lower limit
The government established a wage floor.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
The whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a support or foundation
The base of the lamp.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
source: WordNet 3.0
- any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
Bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
The base of the triangle.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the most important or necessary part of something
The basis of this drink is orange juice.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
10 is the radix of the decimal system.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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
source: WordNet 3.0
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
Thematic vowels are part of the stem.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
The industrial base of Japan.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
A tub should sit on its own base.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- serving as or forming a base
The painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats.
source: WordNet 3.0
- of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
Baseborn wretches with dirty faces.
Of humble (or lowly) birth.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
Base coins of aluminum.
A base metal.
source: WordNet 3.0
- not adhering to ethical or moral principles
Base and unpatriotic motives.
A base, degrading way of life.
Cheating is dishonorable.
They considered colonialism immoral.
Unethical practices in handling public funds.
source: WordNet 3.0
- having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
That liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble.
Taking a mean advantage.
Chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort.
Something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics.
source: WordNet 3.0
- illegitimate
source: WordNet 3.0
- debased; not genuine
An attempt to eliminate the base coinage.
source: WordNet 3.0
verb
- use as a basis for; found on
Base a claim on some observation.
source: WordNet 3.0
- situate as a center of operations
We will base this project in the new lab.
source: WordNet 3.0
- use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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: Webster 1913
- To abase; to let, or cast, down; to lower.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
adj
- [bæs] Hamak; mababà; mahalay
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
noun
- [bæs] Patungán; paa; póndo; tuntungan
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [bæs] Ipatong sa patungan; humamak
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
