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base
A	noun
	1	base, pedestal, stand
			a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚device ╚support ╚base, pedestal, stand ╚trivet ╚trivet ╚staddle ╚brass monkey
	2	base, bag
			place that runner must touch before scoring; "he scrambled to get back to the bag"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚equipment ╚sports equipment; sporting goods ╚baseball equipment ╚base, bag ╚third base; third ╚second base ╚home plate; home base; home; plate ╚first base
	3	base
			(electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚device ╚conductor ╚electrode ╚base
	4	base, base of operations
			installation from which a military force initiates operations; "the attack wiped out our forward bases"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚facility; installation ╚military installation ╚base, base of operations ╚rocket base ╚navy base ╚firebase ╚army base ╚air base; air station
	5	base
			a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; "a tub should sit on its own base"
		Category Tree: entity ╚location ╚region; part ╚extremity ╚boundary; bound; bounds ╚surface ╚side; face ╚bottom; underside; undersurface ╚base
	6	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"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚part; portion ╚component; constituent; element ╚ingredient ╚base
	7	foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure
			lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚structure; construction ╚supporting structure ╚support ╚foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure ╚raft foundation ╚bed
	8	infrastructure, base
			the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan"
		Category Tree: possession ╚assets ╚sum; sum of money; amount; amount of money ╚gain ╚financial gain ╚income ╚net income; net; net profit; lucre; profit; profits; earnings ╚accumulation ╚store; stock; fund ╚infrastructure, base
	9	basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone
			the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚idea; thought ╚concept; conception; construct ╚hypothesis; possibility; theory ╚assumption; supposition; supposal ╚basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone ╚meat and potatoes
	10	root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical
			(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚part; portion; component part; component ╚language unit; linguistic unit ╚word ╚form; word form; signifier; descriptor ╚root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical
	11	floor, base
			a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚process; cognitive process; mental process; operation; cognitive operation ╚higher cognitive process ╚thinking; thought; cerebration; intellection; mentation ╚reasoning; logical thinking; abstract thought ╚argumentation; logical argument; line of reasoning; line ╚policy ╚economic policy ╚control ╚floor, base ╚wage floor ╚price floor
	12	al-Qaeda, Qaeda, al-Qa'ida, al-Qaida, Base
			an intensely anti-western terrorist network that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist group; has cells in more than 50 countries
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚social group ╚movement; social movement; front ╚political movement ╚terrorist organization; terrorist group; foreign terrorist organization; FTO ╚al-Qaeda, Qaeda, al-Qa'ida, al-Qaida, Base
	13	base, home
			the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
		Category Tree: entity ╚location ╚base, home
	14	base
			(anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull"
		Category Tree: entity ╚location ╚region; part ╚bottom ╚base
	15	base
			the bottom or lowest part; "the base of the mountain"
		Category Tree: entity ╚thing ╚part; piece ╚base
	16	base, radix
			(numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place; "10 is the radix of the decimal system"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚definite quantity ╚number ╚base, radix
	17	basis, base
			the most important or necessary part of something; "the basis of this drink is orange juice"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚part; portion; component part; component ╚basis, base
	18	base
			the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed; "the base of the triangle"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚shape; form ╚figure ╚subfigure ╚flank ╚base
	19	base, alkali
			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"
		Category Tree: entity ╚substance; matter ╚compound; chemical compound ╚base, alkali ╚pyrimidine ╚melamine; cyanuramide ╚imidazole; iminazole; glyoxaline ╚purine ╚purine ╚pyridine
B	verb
	1	establish, base, ground, found
			use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation"

	2	station, post, base, send, place
			assign to a station
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚station, post, base, send, place ╚locate; place; site ╚fort ╚garrison
	3	free-base, base
			use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
		Category Tree: consume; ingest; take in; take; have ╚drug; do drugs ╚free-base, base
C	adjective
	1	base
			debased; not genuine; "an attempt to eliminate the base coinage"

	2	base, baseborn
			illegitimate

	3	base, mean, meanspirited
			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

	4	base, baseborn, humble, lowly
			of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"

	5	basal, base
			serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats"

	6	base, dishonorable, dishonourable, immoral, unethical
			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"

	7	base
			(used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal; "base coins of aluminum"; "a base metal"

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