base

Etymology 1
From, , , from , from , from. .

Noun

 * 1) Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
 * 2) A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.
 * 3) The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
 * 4) A permanent structure for housing military personnel and material.
 * 5) The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
 * 6)  A basic but essential component or ingredient.
 * 7) A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.
 * 8)  Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
 * 9)  Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds that turn red litmus blue and react with acids to form salts.
 * 10) Important areas in games and sports.
 * 11) A safe zone in the children's games of tag and hide-and-go-seek.
 * 12)   One of the four places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out when the ball is in play.
 * 13)  The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
 * 14)  A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
 * 15)  The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
 * 16)  The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
 * 17)  The lowest side of a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.
 * 18)  The lowest third of a shield (or field), or an ordinary occupying this space, the champagne.
 * 19)  A number raised to the power of an exponent.
 * The logarithm to base 2 of 8 is 3.
 * 1)  The set of sets from which a topology is generated.
 * 2)  A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
 * 3)  A sequence of elements not jointly stabilized by any nontrivial group element.
 * 4)  In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that remains in contact with the ground.
 * 5)  A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.
 * 6)  The smallest kind of cannon.
 * 7)  The housing of a horse.
 * 8)  A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower.
 * 9)  A kind of armour skirt, of mail or plate, imitating the preceding civilian skirt.
 * 10)  The lower part of a robe or petticoat.
 * 11)  An apron.
 * 12) 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.
 * 13)  A group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates for elected office.
 * 14)  The forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life.
 * 15) A material that holds paint or other materials together; a binder.
 * 16)  freebase cocaine
 * 1)  The lower part of a robe or petticoat.
 * 2)  An apron.
 * 3) 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.
 * 4)  A group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates for elected office.
 * 5)  The forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life.
 * 6) A material that holds paint or other materials together; a binder.
 * 7)  freebase cocaine
 * 1)  The forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life.
 * 2) A material that holds paint or other materials together; a binder.
 * 3)  freebase cocaine
 * 1) A material that holds paint or other materials together; a binder.
 * 2)  freebase cocaine
 * 1)  freebase cocaine
 * 1)  freebase cocaine

Translations

 * Arabic: ,
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: base
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Belarusian:, аснава́нне, асно́ва, , фунда́мент
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Crimean Tatar: baza
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: საფუძველი, საძირკველი
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: βάσις
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Javanese:
 * Kabuverdianu: bazi, baze
 * Khmer: មូលដ្ឋាន
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: بنکە
 * Kyrgyz:, , , , , , , , , , , , ,
 * Lao:, , ມູນ
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: основа
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: take, taketake, tatūnga
 * Occitan: ,
 * Ottoman Turkish: قاعده, تمل
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian:, , , ,
 * Plautdietsch: Grunt
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: тѐмељ
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: základ, základy
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: uanzishaji, uanzishaji
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tajik: бунёд, асос
 * Telugu:
 * Tetum: hun
 * Thai:, ,
 * Tibetan: རྨང་གཞི, མཐིལ
 * Turkish: esas,
 * Ukrainian: осно́ва, підста́ва,, фунда́мент
 * Urdu: بُنِیاد, بُنْیاد
 * Welsh:


 * Bulgarian: старт
 * Catalan:, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: alguspunkt,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: נקודת מוצא
 * Italian:
 * Kabuverdianu: baze, bazi
 * Ottoman Turkish: تمل
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ба́за, тѐмељ
 * Roman: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tibetan: གཞི་རྟེན, གཞི་རྩ


 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Asturian: base
 * Azerbaijani: baza
 * Belarusian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:, caserna
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Crimean Tatar: baza
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ბაზა
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: अड्डा
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: база
 * Khmer:, , មូលដ្ឋាន
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Macedonian: база
 * Malay:
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:, суурин газар
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: base
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, опо́рный пункт
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ба́за
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: základňa
 * Slovene:, oporišče
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: takad, hukbuhing takad
 * Tajik: база, пойгоҳ
 * Telugu: స్థావరం
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan: དམག་སྒར
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Turkmen:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: اڈا
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Arabic: ,
 * Asturian: base,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: hovedkvarter
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian: შტაბი
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Icelandic: bækistöðvar, höfuðstöðvar
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Malayalam:
 * Manx: bun-ynnyd
 * Maori: papa taunga, papataunga
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: hovedkvarter
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: స్థావరం
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:, ,


 * Finnish: perusraaka-aine
 * Italian: ,
 * Slovak: základ


 * Finnish: puretin
 * Italian:


 * Finnish:
 * Italian: sottofondo


 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: base
 * Belarusian: асно́ва, аснава́нне
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: ဘေ့စ်, ဗေ့စ်
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Crimean Tatar: baza
 * Czech:, , alkálie
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ფუძე
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: pāpāhua
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: base
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ба́за, лу̀жина
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: zásada
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: tangkap
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: осно́ва
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh:, sawd


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: stikkfrí
 * Norwegian: frie
 * Portuguese:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:
 * Greek:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Maori: pūrei
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: basament
 * Czech: patka
 * Danish: basis
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: о̏снова, ба́за
 * Roman: ,
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:


 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ба́за
 * Roman:


 * Czech:
 * Finnish:, lehtikanta
 * Greek:
 * Tagalog: takad


 * Bulgarian:
 * Crimean Tatar: baza
 * Czech:
 * Danish: basis
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ბაზა
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: báza
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic: grunnflötur
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Korean: 밑변, 밑면
 * Maori: pūtake
 * Marathi: पाया
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene: osnovnica (triangle)
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: takad
 * Telugu: (త్రిభుజం వైశాల్యం = అర*భూమి*ఎత్తు)
 * Turkish:


 * Danish: skjoldfod
 * Dutch: schildvoet
 * Finnish: tyviö,
 * French:
 * German: Schildfuß
 * Italian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, sköldfot


 * Asturian: base
 * Czech:
 * Danish: grundtal
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Galician:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: veldisstofn
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Maori: pūtake
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ба́за
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: takad


 * Finnish:
 * Polish:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish: alamies


 * Finnish:
 * Maori: tumu, kupu kiko
 * Polish:


 * Finnish:
 * Ingrian: helma


 * Finnish: perusviiva


 * Esperanto:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Interlingua:
 * Volapük:

Verb

 * 1)  To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
 * 2)  To be located (at a particular place).
 * 3)  To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.
 * 4)  To freebase.
 * 1)  To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.
 * 2)  To freebase.
 * 1)  To freebase.

Translations

 * Arabic: يُبْنَى عَلَى, يَسْتَنِدُ إِلَى
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: basar
 * Bulgarian: основавам се
 * Catalan:
 * Danish: basere
 * Dutch:, zich baseren op
 * Esperanto: bazi
 * Estonian: lähtuma
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Haitian Creole: baze
 * Ido:
 * Interlingua: basar
 * Italian:, ,
 * Ngazidja Comorian: tegemea
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: basear-se em
 * Slovak: zakladať, opierať
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: ibase
 * Volapük:


 * Bulgarian: базирам се
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Persian: بنیانگذاری, پایه‌گذاری, پی‌ریزی
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: basear-se em, ficar em

Etymology 2
From, , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and.

Adjective

 * 1)  Low in height; short.
 * 2) Low in place or position.
 * 3)  Of low value or degree.
 * 4)  Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common.
 * 5) Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.
 * 6)  Inferior; unworthy, of poor quality.
 * 7)  Not considered  or.
 * 8) Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
 * 9)  Of illegitimate birth; bastard.
 * 10) Not classical or correct.
 * 11)  Not held by honourable service.
 * 1)  Inferior; unworthy, of poor quality.
 * 2)  Not considered  or.
 * 3) Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
 * 4)  Of illegitimate birth; bastard.
 * 5) Not classical or correct.
 * 6)  Not held by honourable service.
 * 1) Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
 * 2)  Of illegitimate birth; bastard.
 * 3) Not classical or correct.
 * 4)  Not held by honourable service.
 * 1) Not classical or correct.
 * 2)  Not held by honourable service.
 * 1)  Not held by honourable service.
 * 1)  Not held by honourable service.
 * 1)  Not held by honourable service.
 * 1)  Not held by honourable service.

Usage notes

 * Said of fellows, motives, occupations, etc.

Translations

 * Arabic: منخفض
 * Armenian: ,
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:, abjecte, , ,
 * Finnish: ;
 * French:, , ,
 * Greek:
 * Khmer:
 * Latvian: zems
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Tibetan: དམའ་པོ


 * Arabic: دنيء
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish:
 * Tibetan: དམའ་པོ, དམན་པ, ཞན་པ, སྤུས་ཞན་པ, སྤུས་སྡུག་པ


 * Arabic: فاسق
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek:
 * Latvian: zems, zemisks, nekrietns, netikumisks, netikumīgs
 * Persian: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: rastrero
 * Tibetan: མ་རབས


 * Arabic: شائع
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * Italian: plebaglia,, , , , ,
 * Khmer:
 * Latvian: zemisks, prasts
 * Tibetan: མ་རབས


 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: uædel
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Irish: neamhlómhar
 * Italian:
 * Manx: neuchostal
 * Swedish: oädel
 * Tibetan: གཙོ་མ


 * Irish:

Etymology 3
Probably a specific use of Etymology 1, above; perhaps also a development of the plural of.

Noun

 * 1)  The game of prisoners' bars.

Etymology 4
Variant forms.

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) a bush taxi, a common type of public transit

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1) basis
 * 2) grounding
 * 3) foundation
 * 1) foundation

Etymology
From, from , from. Doublet of and also related distantly to.

Noun

 * 1)   generally understood to be a Brønsted-Lowry base
 * 2) headquarters
 * 1) headquarters

Etymology
Borrowed from, from. . Also a distant, via.

Noun

 * , alkali

Etymology
, from, from.

Noun

 * 1)  bottom part of something
 * 2)  safe place
 * , basis fundamental belief

Etymology
From, from.

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * , alkaline
 * 1) basis
 * 2)  mainstay

Etymology 1
Borrowed from, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) A foundation or base; the bottom of a building.
 * 2) The foundation, base, or bottom of a column, statue, or vase.
 * 3)  Padding inserted below a horse's bridle.
 * 4)  A hand's palm; the section of a hand below the fingers.
 * 5)  The bottom portion of a dress.
 * 6)  The mix of metals used as a  for alchemical operations.

Verb

 * 1) to leave
 * 2) to cancel, stop, cease
 * 3) to abandon, throw away

Etymology
From, and (in chemistry). Ultimately from and a doublet of.

Noun

 * 1)  a

Etymology
From, and (in chemistry). Ultimately from and a doublet of.

Noun

 * 1)  a

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1)  bottom part; supporting part

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1) basis
 * 2) groundwork
 * 1) groundwork
 * 1) groundwork
 * 1) groundwork

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1)  bus

Noun

 * 1) broth

Etymology 1
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) basis
 * 2)  basis
 * 3) grounding
 * 4)  foundation
 * 5)  point guard
 * 6)   forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life
 * 1)  point guard
 * 2)   forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life
 * 1)   forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life
 * 1)   forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life

Etymology
. The baseball definition is from, but pronounced the same as the Spanish word.

Noun

 * 1) ; basis