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Base \Base\, n. [F. base, L. basis, fr. Gr. ba`sis a stepping, step, a base, pedestal, fr. bai`nein to go, step, akin to E. come. Cf. Basis, and see Come.] 1. The bottom of anything, considered as its support, or that on which something rests for support; the foundation; as, the base of a statue. ``The base of mighty mountains.'' --Prescott. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: The fundamental or essential part of a thing; the essential principle; a groundwork. [1913 Webster] 3. (Arch.) (a) The lower part of a wall, pier, or column, when treated as a separate feature, usually in projection, or especially ornamented. (b) The lower part of a complete architectural design, as of a monument; also, the lower part of any elaborate piece of furniture or decoration. [1913 Webster] 4. (Bot.) That extremity of a leaf, fruit, etc., at which it is attached to its support. [1913 Webster] 5. (Chem.) The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a substance which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the latter and forms a salt; -- applied also to the hydroxides of the positive elements or radicals, and to certain organic bodies resembling them in their property of forming salts with acids. [1913 Webster] 6. (Pharmacy) The chief ingredient in a compound. [1913 Webster] 7. (Dyeing) A substance used as a mordant. --Ure. [1913 Webster] 8. (Fort.) The exterior side of the polygon, or that imaginary line which connects the salient angles of two adjacent bastions. [1913 Webster] 9. (Geom.) The line or surface constituting that part of a figure on which it is supposed to stand. [1913 Webster] 10. (Math.) The number from which a mathematical table is constructed; as, the base of a system of logarithms. [1913 Webster] 11. [See Base low.] A low, or deep, sound. (Mus.) (a) The lowest part; the deepest male voice. (b) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, base. [Now commonly written bass.] [1913 Webster] The trebles squeak for fear, the bases roar. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 12. (Mil.) A place or tract of country, protected by fortifications, or by natural advantages, from which the operations of an army proceed, forward movements are made, supplies are furnished, etc. [1913 Webster] 13. (Mil.) The smallest kind of cannon. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 14. (Zo["o]l.) That part of an organ by which it is attached to another more central organ. [1913 Webster] 15. (Crystallog.) The basal plane of a crystal. [1913 Webster] 16. (Geol.) The ground mass of a rock, especially if not distinctly crystalline. [1913 Webster] 17. (Her.) The lower part of the field. See Escutcheon. [1913 Webster] 18. The housing of a horse. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 19. pl. A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armor) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 20. The lower part of a robe or petticoat. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 21. An apron. [Obs.] ``Bakers in their linen bases.'' --Marston. [1913 Webster] 22. The point or line from which a start is made; a starting place or a goal in various games. [1913 Webster] To their appointed base they went. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 23. (Surv.) 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. --Lyman. [1913 Webster] 24. A rustic play; -- called also prisoner's base, prison base, or bars. ``To run the country base.'' --Shak. [1913 Webster] 25. (Baseball) Any one of the four bounds which mark the circuit of the infield. [1913 Webster] Altern base. See under Altern. Attic base. (Arch.) See under Attic. Base course. (Arch.) (a) The first or lower course of a foundation wall, made of large stones or a mass of concrete; -- called also foundation course. (b) The architectural member forming the transition between the basement and the wall above. Base hit (Baseball), a hit, by which the batsman, without any error on the part of his opponents, is able to reach the first base without being put out. Base line. (a) A main line taken as a base, as in surveying or in military operations. (b) A line traced round a cannon at the rear of the vent. Base plate, the foundation plate of heavy machinery, as of the steam engine; the bed plate. Base ring (Ordnance), a projecting band of metal around the breech, connected with the body of the gun by a concave molding. --H. L. Scott. [1913 Webster]From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
5. (Chem.) The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a substance which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the latter and forms a salt; -- applied also to the hydroxides of the positive elements or radicals, and to certain organic bodies resembling them in their property of forming salts with acids. 6. (Pharmacy) The chief ingredient in a compound. 7. (Dyeing) A substance used as a mordant. --Ure. 8. (Fort.) The exterior side of the polygon, or that imaginary line which connects the salient angles of two adjacent bastions. 9. (Geom.) The line or surface constituting that part of a figure on which it is supposed to stand. 10. (Math.) The number from which a mathematical table is constructed; as, the base of a system of logarithms. 11. [See Base low.] A low, or deep, sound. (Mus.) (a) The lowest part; the deepest male voice. (b) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, base. [Now commonly written bass.] The trebles squeak for fear, the bases roar. --Dryden. 12. (Mil.) A place or tract of country, protected by fortifications, or by natural advantages, from which the operations of an army proceed, forward movements are made, supplies are furnished, etc. 13. (Mil.) The smallest kind of cannon. [Obs.] 14. (Zo["o]l.) That part of an organ by which it is attached to another more central organ. 15. (Crystallog.) The basal plane of a crystal. 16. (Geol.) The ground mass of a rock, especially if not distinctly crystalline. 17. (Her.) The lower part of the field. See Escutcheon. 18. The housing of a horse. [Obs.] 19. pl. A kind of skirt ( often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armor) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower. [Obs.] 20. The lower part of a robe or petticoat. [Obs.] 21. An apron. [Obs.] ``Bakers in their linen bases.'' --Marston. 22. The point or line from which a start is made; a starting place or a goal in various games. To their appointed base they went. --Dryden. 23. (Surv.) 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. --Lyman. 24. A rustic play; -- called also prisoner's base, prison base, or bars. ``To run the country base.'' --Shak. 25. (Baseball) Any one of the four bounds which mark the circuit of the infield. Altern base. See under Altern. Attic base. (Arch.) See under Attic. Base course. (Arch.) (a) The first or lower course of a foundation wall, made of large stones of a mass of concrete; -- called also foundation course. (b) The architectural member forming the transition between the basement and the wall above. Base hit (Baseball), a hit, by which the batsman, without any error on the part of his opponents, is able to reach the first base without being put out. Base line. (a) A main line taken as a base, as in surveying or in military operations. (b) A line traced round a cannon at the rear of the vent. Base plate, the foundation plate of heavy machinery, as of the steam engine; the bed plate. Base ring (Ordnance), a projecting band of metal around the breech, connected with the body of the gun by a concave molding. --H. L. Scott.From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
bars n : gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden bars supported on uprights [syn: parallel bars]From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
bars Crimean Gothic n. (topics gme-cgo Hair) beard Danish n. (inflection of da bar indef gen s) French n. (plural of fr bar) Middle English n. (alt form enm bace) Swedish n. (noun form of sv bar indef gen s) Swedish vb. (verb form of sv bära past pass ind)From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Bars German n. (plural of de Bar)From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
BARs n. (plural of en BAR)From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
BARS n. A high-pressure high-temperature apparatus usually used for growing or processing minerals, especially diamond.From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
bars n. (plural of en bar) vb. (infl of en bar s-verb-form)From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
BARs n. (plural of en BAR)From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
BARS n. A high-pressure high-temperature apparatus usually used for growing or processing minerals, especially diamond.From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
bars Danish n. (inflection of da bar indef gen s) Dutch a. stern, strict Dutch n. (plural of nl bar) Latvian n. 1 crowd 2 multitude 3 crush 4 throng 5 brood (gloss: a group of young birds) 6 herd 7 pod (gloss: a group of whales, dolphins, seals, porpoises or hippopotami) 8 plump (gloss: a knot or cluster) 9 be-in n. (plural of en bar) vb. (infl of en bar s-verb-form)From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
Bars German n. (plural of de Bar)From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
BARs n. (plural of en BAR)From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
BARS n. A high-pressure high-temperature apparatus usually used for growing or processing minerals, especially diamond.From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
bars Danish n. (inflection of da bar indef gen s) Dutch a. stern, strict Dutch n. (plural of nl bar) Latvian n. 1 crowd 2 multitude 3 crush 4 throng 5 brood (gloss: a group of young birds) 6 herd 7 pod (gloss: a group of whales, dolphins, seals, porpoises or hippopotami) 8 plump (gloss: a knot or cluster) 9 be-in n. (plural of en bar) vb. (infl of en bar s-verb-form)From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
Bars German n. (plural of de Bar)From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
BARs n. (plural of en BAR)From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
BARS n. A high-pressure high-temperature apparatus usually used for growing or processing minerals, especially diamond.From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
bars Englanti n. 1 kalterit 2 (en-monikko b ar)From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
bar's Engelska n. (böjning en subst bar)From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
bars n. (böjning sv subst bar) vb. (böjning sv verb bära)From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
bars' Engelska n. (böjning en subst bar)From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Bars Tyska n. (böjning de subst Bar)From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]
bars n. (böjning sv subst bar) vb. (böjning sv verb bära)From Afrikaans-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 : [ freedict:afr-deu ]
bars /bˈɐrs/ spaltenFrom Afrikaans-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:afr-eng ]
bars /bˈɐrs/ 1. split 2. burst, crack, flawFrom German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]
Bars /bˈɑːɾs/From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]bars, nightclubs Synonyms: Nachtlokale, Nachtklubs see: Bar, Nachtlokal, Nachtklub
Bars /bˈɑːɾs/From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]bar counters, bars, counters Synonyms: Schanktische, Schanktheken, Ausschanktheken, Theken, Tresen, Ausschänke, Budel see: Schanktisch, Schanktheke, Ausschanktheke, Theke, Tresen, Bar, Ausschank, Ausschank, Budel
Bars /bˈɑːɾs/From German-Turkish Ferheng/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:deu-tur ]bars, public houses, pubs, saloons Synonyms: Schankwirtschaften, Kneipen, Pubs see: Schankwirtschaft, Kneipe, Bar, Pub, Musikkneipe, Musikbar
Bars /bˈɑːɾs/From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]bar
Bars /bˈɑːz/ الباراتFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
bars //ˈbɑː(ɹ)z//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]реше́тка grating, grill, grid
bars /bˈɑːz/ tyčová ocelFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
bars /bˈɑːz/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]tyčovina
bars /bˈɑːz/ tyčeFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
bars /bˈɑːz/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]mříže
bars /bˈɑːz/ tyčový materiálFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
bars /bˈɑːz/From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]tyče
bars /bˈɑːz/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]barrau
bars /bˈɑːz/ BarsFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ], Nachtlokale , Nachtklubs Synonym: nightclubs see: bar, nightclub
bars /bˈɑːz/ BarrenFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ][sport] Note: Turngerät "exercise on the bars" - am Barren turnen Synonym: parallel bars Note: gym apparatus
bars /bˈɑːz/ GitterstangenFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ], Gitter aus Stangen see: bar
bars /bˈɑːz/ ReckstangenFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ], Recks Synonyms: horizontal bars, high bars see: horizontal bar, high bar, bar
bars /bˈɑːz/ RiegelFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]see: bar, muesli bar, granola bar, chocolate bar, choc bar, candy bar
bars /bˈɑːz/ SchanktischeFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ], Schanktheken , Ausschanktheken , Theken , Tresen , Bars , Ausschänke , Budel Synonyms: bar counters, counters see: bar counter, bar, counter
bars /bˈɑːz/ SchankwirtschaftenFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ], Kneipen , Bars , Pubs Synonyms: public houses, pubs, saloons see: bar, public house, pub, saloon, music bar, music pub
bars /bˈɑːz/ StäbeFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]see: bar
bars /bˈɑːz/ StangenFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]see: bar, cut bars
bars /bˈɑːz/ TakteFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]"Can you sing a few bars/measures of that song?" - Kannst du von diesem Lied ein paar Takte singen?, Kannst du das Lied kurz ansingen? Synonym: measures see: bar, measure
bars /bˈɑːz/ TrinklokaleFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ], Lokale Synonyms: drinking establishments, drinking places see: drinking establishment, drinking place, bar
bars //ˈbɑː(ɹ)z//From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]nojapuut gymnastics event
bars /bˈɑːz/ barova, letvi, šipkeFrom English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
bars /bˈɑːz/ rácsFrom Kurdish-Turkish Ferheng/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 : [ freedict:kur-tur ]
bars /bˈars/ oğul (arıların oğul vermesi)From Dutch-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:nld-deu ]
bars /bɑrs/ 1. barsch, brüsk, grob 2. brummig, unwirschFrom Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:nld-eng ]
bars /bɑrs/ 1. abrupt 2. brutal, gruff, harsh, rough, sour, surly, unkind, unpleasantFrom Nederlands-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:nld-fra ]
bars /bɑrs/ 1. abrupt 2. maussadeFrom Nederlands-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:nld-spa ]
bars /bˈɑrs/From IPA:de : [ IPA:de ]brusco 1. onverbiddelijk, onvriendelijk
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]/ˈbaɾs/
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]/ˈbɑɹz/
From IPA:fr : [ IPA:fr ]/ˈbɑɹz/
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]/baʁ/
栅; 狭钢条; 狭条连线; 条信号