n. 1 bottom, foot, support, stand, pedestal The base of the statue cracked and the whole thing fell down Have you been able to find a teak base for the new lamp? 2 groundwork, background, fundamental principle, principle, foundation, underpinning; infrastructure, basis Henry's charter was at once welcomed as a base for the needed reforms 3 root, theme, radical, stem, core In the word interdigitation the base is -digit- 4 home, station, camp, starting-point, point of departure, post, centre Using the Sherpa village as a base of operations, we set up smaller camps as we began to climb the mountain
v. 5 establish, found, secure, build, ground, anchor, fix, hinge, form; derive, draw We are basing all our hopes on his ability to do a deal 6 establish, headquarter, post, station, position, place The company is based in Guernsey