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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.
baseý adj. 1 low, undignified, cowardly, selfish, mean, despicable,
contemptible, filthy, evil: He must have had some base motive
in revealing to her what Martha had said. 2 degraded, degrading,
menial, inferior, mean, unworthy, lowly, low, grovelling,
servile, slavish, subservient, downtrodden, abject, miserable,
wretched, sordid, undignified, ignoble, dishonourable,
disreputable, vile, scurrilous, wicked, Colloq infra dig:
Foolish sinners will submit to the basest servitude, and be
attendants of swine. 3 mean, cheap, sorry, common, poor, shabby,
shoddy: He cast off his base attire, revealing a splendid suit
of armour like burnished gold. 4 sordid, offensive, lewd,
lascivious, obscene, profane, rude, ribald, unseemly, vulgar,
coarse, rude, dirty, indecent, evil-minded, filthy,
pornographic: The entertainment in that theatre caters to the
basest appetites. 5 poor, shoddy, cheap, fake, pinchbeck,
inferior, counterfeit, fraudulent, debased, forged, spurious,
worthless, bad: Her jewels look valuable but are, in fact, made
of base materials. 6 wicked, evil, wretched, corrupt, shameful,
currish, loathsome, scurvy, insufferable, villainous: They were
labelled as base infidels and treated with contempt and cruelty.
bashful adj. 1 shy, retiring, embarrassed, meek, abashed, shamefaced,
sheepish, timid, diffident, self-effacing, unconfident; ill at
ease, uneasy, uncomfortable, nervous, self-conscious, awkward,
confused, Colloq in a tizzy, US and Canadian discombobulated:
Henry is so bashful in the presence of women that he blushes
merely talking to them. 2 modest, coy, unassuming,
unostentatious, demure, reserved, restrained, Rare verecund: