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Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
# A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.
#* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=14 The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
A permanent structure for housing military personnel and material.
The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
(cooking, painting, pharmacy) A basic but essential component or ingredient.
A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.
(lb) Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
(chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds, having bitter taste, that turn red litmus blue, and react with acids to form salts.
Important areas in games and sports.
# A safe zone in the children's games of tag and hide-and-go-seek.
# (baseball) One of the three places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out.
(architecture) The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
(biology, biochemistry) A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
(botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
(electronics) The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
(geometry) The lowest side of a in a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.
(heraldiccharge) The lowest third of a shield or escutcheon.
(mathematics) A number raised to the power of an exponent.
(mathematics) Alternative to radix.
(topology) The set of sets from which a topology is generated.
(topology) A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
(cheerleading) A cheerleader who stays on the ground.
(linguistics) A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.
(music)
* Dryden
(military, historical) The smallest kind of cannon.
(heraldry) The lower part of the field. See escutcheon.
The housing of a horse.
(historical, in the plural) A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armour) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower.
(obsolete) The lower part of a robe or petticoat.
(obsolete) An apron.
* Marston
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.
To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
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To be located (at a particular place).
(obsolete) Low in height; short.
Low in place or position.
(obsolete) Of low value or degree.
* , II.3:
(archaic) Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common.
* Francis Bacon
Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.
* Robynson (More's Utopia)
* Milton
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, chapter=1 Inferior; unworthy, of poor quality.
Designating those metals which are not classed as (precious) or (noble).
Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
(obsolete) Of illegitimate birth; bastard.
* Shakespeare
Not classical or correct.
(legal) Not held by honourable service.
* Shakespeare
* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.8:
(uncountable, of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
(countable) Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
(uncountable) Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
* Bible, Judges iii. 30
(uncountable, of an object or concept) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
(euphemistic, uncountable) A final position after death.
(music, countable) A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
(music, countable) A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
(physics, uncountable) Absence of motion.
(snooker, countable) A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach.
(countable) Any object designed to be used to support something else.
A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
* Dryden
A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
* J. H. Newman
* Milton
* Bible, Deuteronomy xii. 9
(poetry) A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account.
* Abbott
(dated) A set or game at tennis.
To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
* Bible, Exodus xxiii. 12
To come to a pause or an end; end.
To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
* Milton
(intransitive, transitive, reflexive) To be or to put into a state of rest.
* 1485 , Sir (Thomas Malory), (w, Le Morte d'Arthur) , Book X:
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 29, author=Jon Smith, work=BBC Sport
, title= To stay, remain, be situated.
(transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To lean, lie, or lay.
(intransitive, transitive, legal, US) To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions, etc.)
To sleep; slumber.
To lie dormant.
To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
To rely or depend on.
* Dryden
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
* Addison
(label) That which remains.
Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
* (w) (1635–1699)
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
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A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the (Bank of England), the balance of assets above liabilities.
Base is a related term of rest.
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English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) base, from (etyl) basis, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.}}
- (Ure)
- The logarithm to base 2 of 8 is 3.
- The trebles squeak for fear, the bases roar.
- bakers in their linen bases
- (Lyman)
Synonyms
* (chemical compound that will neutralize an acid) alkaliAntonyms
* (chemical compound that will neutralize an acid) acid * (end of a leaf) apexDerived terms
* air base * base bag * baseball * baseband * baseboard * base box * base-burner * base camp * base censor * base coat * base color/base colour * base course * base exchange * base hospital * baseless * baselevel * baseline * basely * base load * baseman * basement * base molding/base moulding * base out * base over apex * baseperson * baseplate * base-player * base-playing * base point * base port * base radio * base rate * base ring * baserunner/base runner * base-running/baserunning * base ship * base shoot * base squadron * base station * base-stealer * base-stealing * base substitution * base table * base unit * base wallah * basewoman * counterbase * cover one's bases * database * debase * first base * freebase * home base * knowledge base * leuco-base * make first base * moonbase * off base * on base * power base * prisoner's base, prisoners' base * second base * subbase * surbase * third base * wheelbaseVerb
(bas)- Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants.
Derived terms
* -based * base onEtymology 2
From (etyl) bas, from .Adjective
(en-adj)- base shrubs
- (Shakespeare)
- (Shakespeare)
- If thou livest in paine and sorrow, thy base courage is the cause of it, To die there wanteth but will.
- a pleasant and base swain
- a cruel act of a base and a cowardish mind
- base ingratitude
citation, passage=“Mrs. Yule's chagrin and horror at what she called her son's base ingratitude knew no bounds ; at first it was even thought that she would never get over it.
- base''' coin; '''base bullion
- Why bastard? wherefore base ?
- base Latin
- (Fuller)
- the base tone of a violin
- 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.
Usage notes
* Said of fellows, motives, occupations, etc.Synonyms
* bad, vile, malicious, destructive, reprehensible, knavish, evilAntonyms
* likeable * desirable * admirable * nobleDerived terms
* base-born * base-bred * base coin * base estate * base fee * basely * base metal * base-minded * baseness * base-spirited * base tenant * base tenure * base-wittedEtymology 3
Probably a specific use of Etymology 1, above; perhaps also a development of the plural of (bar).Noun
(-)- to run the country base
- So ran they all, as they had bene at bace , / They being chased that did others chase.
Etymology 4
Variant forms.Acronym
(Acronym) (head)Derived terms
* base jumper * base jumpingSee also
* (wikipedia "base") *External links
* *Anagrams
* * 1000 English basic words ----rest
English
(wikipedia rest)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), . Related to (l).Noun
- I need to get a good rest tonight; I was up late last night.
- The sun sets, and the workers go to their rest .
- We took a rest at the top of the hill to get our breath back.
- It was nice to have a rest from the phone ringing when I unplugged it for a while.
- And the land had rest fourscore years.
- The boulder came to rest just behind the house after rolling down the mountain.
- The ocean was finally at rest .
- Now that we're all in agreement, we can put that issue to rest .
- She was laid to rest in the village cemetery.
- Remember there's a rest at the end of the fourth bar.
- The body's centre of gravity may affect its state of rest .
- Higgins can't quite reach the white with his cue, so he'll be using the rest .
- She put the phone receiver back in its rest .
- He placed his hands on the arm rests of the chair.
- their visors closed, their lances in the rest
- halfway houses and travellers' rests
- in dust our final rest , and native home
- Ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the Lord your God giveth you.
- An account is said to be taken with annual or semiannual rests .
Synonyms
* (sleep) sleep, slumber * (relief from exertion) break, repose, time off * (freedom from trouble) peace, quiet, roo, silence, stillness, tranquility * (repose afforded by death) peace * (object designed to be used to support something else) cradle (of a telephone ), supportAntonyms
* motion * activityHypernyms
* bridgeHyponyms
* (object designed to be used to support something else) arm rest, elbow rest, foot rest, head rest, leg rest, neck rest, wrist rest * (pause of specified length in a piece of music) breve rest, demisemiquaver rest, hemidemisemiquaver rest, minim rest, quaver rest, semibreve rest, semiquaver restDerived terms
* arm rest * at rest * bed rest * breve rest * chin rest * crotchet rest * day of rest * demisemiquaver rest * elbow rest * foot rest * gun rest * head rest * hemidemisemiquaver rest * incisal rest * lay to rest * leg rest * minim rest * neck rest * parade rest * put to rest * quarter rest * quaver rest * rest area * rest day * rest energy * rest home * rest mass * rest period * rest position * rest stop * restful * restless * restroom * semibreve rest * semiquaver rest * tool rest/tool-rest * whole rest * wolffian rest * wrist restEtymology 2
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest .
- There rest , if any rest can harbour there.
- And thereby at a pryory they rested them all nyght.
Tottenham 3-1 Shamrock Rovers, passage=With the north London derby to come at the weekend, Spurs boss Harry Redknapp opted to rest many of his key players, although he brought back Aaron Lennon after a month out through injury.}}
- A column rests on its pedestal.
- On him I rested , after long debate, / And not without considering, fixed fate.
Boundary problems, passage=Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too.
- to rest in Heaven's determination
Synonyms
* relax * (give rest to) relieve * (stop working) have a breather, pause, take a break, take time off, take time out * (be situated) be, lie, remain, reside, stay * lay, lean, place, put * lean, lieTroponyms
* (lie down and take repose) sleep, napDerived terms
* rest assured * rest in peace/RIP * rest on one's laurelsEtymology 3
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m) from (etyl) ).Noun
(-)- Plato and the rest of the philosophers
- Armed like the rest , the Trojan prince appears.