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'bases'

[base.n.01] as in: installation from which a military force initiates operations

Examples:
the attack wiped out our forward bases

'bases'

[foundation.n.03] as in: lowest support of a structure

Examples:
it was built on a base of solid rock
he stood at the foot of the tower

'bases'

[base.n.03] as in: a place that the runner must touch before scoring

Examples:
he scrambled to get back to the bag

'bases'

[base.n.04] as in: the bottom or lowest part

Examples:
the base of the mountain

'bases'

[base.n.05] as in: (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment

Examples:
the base of the skull

'bases'

[floor.n.03] as in: a lower limit

Examples:
the government established a wage floor

'bases'

[basis.n.02] as in: the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

Examples:
the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture

'bases'

[base.n.08] as in: a support or foundation

Examples:
the base of the lamp

'bases'

[nucleotide.n.01] as in: a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)

'bases'

[base.n.10] as in: any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water

Examples:
bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia

'bases'

[base.n.11] as in: the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed

Examples:
the base of the triangle

'bases'

[basis.n.03] as in: the most important or necessary part of something

Examples:
the basis of this drink is orange juice

'bases'

[base.n.13] as in: (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place

Examples:
10 is the radix of the decimal system

'bases'

[base.n.14] as in: the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end

'bases'

[al-qaeda.n.01] as in: 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

'bases'

[root.n.03] as in: (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

Examples:
thematic vowels are part of the stem

'bases'

[infrastructure.n.02] as in: the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area

Examples:
the industrial base of Japan

'bases'

[base.n.18] as in: the principal ingredient of a mixture

Examples:
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

'bases'

[base.n.19] as in: a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit

Examples:
a tub should sit on its own base

'bases'

[base.n.20] as in: (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector

'bases'

[footing.n.02] as in: a relation that provides the foundation for something

Examples:
they were on a friendly footing
he worked on an interim basis

'bases'

[basis.n.02] as in: the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

Examples:
the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture

'bases'

[basis.n.03] as in: the most important or necessary part of something

Examples:
the basis of this drink is orange juice

'bases'

[establish.v.08] as in: use as a basis for; found on

Examples:
base a claim on some observation

'bases'

[base.v.02] as in: situate as a center of operations

Examples:
we will base this project in the new lab

'bases'

[free-base.v.01] as in: use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes