base

1. base (noun) — sense 1

Definition: Something from which other things extend; a foundation.

2. base (noun) — sense 2

Definition: Something from which other things extend; a foundation.: A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.

Example: 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.

3. base (noun) — sense 3

Definition: The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.

4. base (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.

Example: Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants.

5. base (verb) — sense 5

Definition: To be located (at a particular place).

Example: Troops have been based in Munich since the end of World War II.

6. base (verb) — sense 6

Definition: To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.

Example: Apart from time taken out during radio- and chemotherapy, Maurs continued to participate in POW. She would base a flyer in a double balance and make the audience laugh with her clowning antics for two more shows.