"base a claim on some observation"

"the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats"

"the attack wiped out our forward bases"

"it was built on a base of solid rock" "he stood at the foot of the tower"

"he scrambled to get back to the bag"

"the base of the mountain"

"the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"

: "the government established a wage floor"

: "the base of the skull"

"the base of the lamp"

"baseborn wretches with dirty faces" "of humble (or lowly) birth"

"the base of the triangle"

"the industrial base of Japan"

"bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia"

"thematic vowels are part of the stem"

"a tub should sit on its own base"

"an attempt to eliminate the base coinage"

"base and unpatriotic motives" "a base, degrading way of life" "cheating is dishonorable" "they considered colonialism immoral" "unethical practices in handling public funds"

"liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"

"base coins of aluminum" "a base metal"

"10 is the radix of the decimal system"

"the basis of this drink is orange juice"

"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"