having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble- Edmund Burke
taking a mean advantage
chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort- Shakespeare
something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics
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
(used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
base coins of aluminum
a base metal
of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
baseborn wretches with dirty faces
of humble (or lowly) birth
serving as or forming a base
the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats
Noun
(electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
a tub should sit on its own base
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
the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
the industrial base of Japan
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
thematic vowels are part of the stem
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
the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
(numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
10 is the radix of the decimal system
the most important or necessary part of something
the basis of this drink is orange juice
the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
the base of the triangle
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
a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
a support or foundation
the base of the lamp
the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture
a lower limit
the government established a wage floor
(anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
the base of the skull
the bottom or lowest part
the base of the mountain
a place that the runner must touch before scoring
he scrambled to get back to the bag
lowest support of a structure
it was built on a base of solid rock
he stood at the foot of the tower
installation from which a military force initiates operations
the attack wiped out our forward bases
Verb
use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
