| base | serving as or forming a base |
|---|---|
| base | not adhering to ethical or moral principles |
| base | (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal |
| base | the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely |
| base | installation from which a military force initiates operations |
| base | (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls |
| base | one of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA molecule that has two strands |
| base | (United Kingdom) the interest rate set by the Bank of England for lending to other banks |
| base | a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base) |
| base | yielding a base in aqueous solution |
| base | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of 9 players |
| base | a ball used in playing baseball |