Example: "The attack wiped out our forward bases"
Example: "It was built on a base of solid rock"
Example: "He scrambled to get back to the bag"
Example: "The base of the mountain"
Example: "The base of the skull"
Example: "The government established a wage floor"
Example: "The whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"
Example: "The base of the lamp"
Example: "Bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia"
Example: "The base of the triangle"
Example: "The basis of this drink is orange juice"
Example: "10 is the radix of the decimal system"
Example: "Thematic vowels are part of the stem"
Example: "The industrial base of japan"
Example: "Glycerinated gelatin is used as a base for many ointments"
Example: "A tub should sit on its own base"
Example: "The painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats"
Example: "Baseborn wretches with dirty faces"
Example: "Base coins of aluminum"
Example: "Base and unpatriotic motives"
Example: "That liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"
Example: "An attempt to eliminate the base coinage"
Example: "Base a claim on some observation"
Example: "We will base this project in the new lab"
Low in height; short.
Low in place or position.
Of low value or degree.
Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common.
Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.
Inferior; unworthy, of poor quality.
Designating those metals which are not classed as precious or noble.
Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
Example: "Base bullion"
Of illegitimate birth; bastard.
Not classical or correct.
Example: "Base latin"
Not held by honourable service.
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."
Of sound, a voice or an instrument, low in pitch or frequency.
Example: "The giant spoke in a deep, bass, rumbling voice that shook me to my boots."