noun
The base of the statue cracked and the whole thing fell down. Have you been able to find a teak base for the new lamp?
Henry's charter was at once welcomed as a base for the needed reforms
In the word interdigitation the base is -digit-
Using the Sherpa village as a base of operations, we set up smaller camps as we began to climb the mountain
verb
We are basing all our hopes on his ability to do a deal
The company is based in Guernsey
adjective
He must have had some base motive in revealing to her what Martha had said
Foolish sinners will submit to the basest servitude, and be attendants of swine
He cast off his base attire, revealing a splendid suit of armour like burnished gold
The entertainment in that theatre caters to the basest appetites
Her jewels look valuable but are, in fact, made of base materials
They were labelled as base infidels and treated with contempt and cruelty
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