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  1. noun The lowest or bottom part: the base of a cliff; the base of a lamp.
  2. noun Biology The part of a plant or animal organ that is nearest to its point of attachment.
  3. noun Biology The point of attachment of such an organ.
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  • The senior U.S. military official said the base is also used to "bed down" U.S. tanker aircraft used for midair refueling operations over Afghanistan. —  IntelliBriefs
  • The main task of the base are the transmission of soldiers and cargoes to Afghanistan and back, and fuel service in the sky over Afghanistan. —  neweurasia.net
  • And, during the Bush era of the last eight years, moving to the Center and spurning their base was about —  Liblogs.ca latest blog entries
  • Fortunately, of course, the base is also elliptical, so it's easy to keep track of what's going on. —  The Red Sneaker Diaries
  • If the entire taxpayer base were asked to save those Brookline teachers 'jobs, it might result in an additional $50 to $60 in property tax per year. —  Nashuatelegraph.com local, state, business and sports news
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin basis, from Greek; see gwā- in Indo-European roots.
  2. Middle English bas, low, from Old French, from Medieval Latin bassus.

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  1. Early modern English also bace; from Middle English base, bass, baas, from Old French (and F.) bas, masculine, basse, feminine, = Provencal bas = Spanish bajo = Portuguese baixo = Italian basso, low, from Late Latin bassus, low, short, thick; in classical L. found only as a cognomen, Bassus, ‘Short.’ Perhaps of Celtic origin; cf. Welsh bas, = Cornish bas = Breton baz, shallow; Welsh basu, make shallow, lower; Cornish basse, fall, lower, abate; but the Celtic terms may be from the L. In music, now generally bass: see bass. As a noun, base of this origin (the lower part) is confused with base (the supporting part).
  2. from base, a., but in first sense from French baisser, lower, from bas, low, base. Cf. abase.
  3. from Middle English base, bas, baas, from Old French base, French base, from Latin basis, from Greek βάσις, a going, a stepping, a step, pedestal, foot, base, from √ *βα, in βαίνειν, go, = Latin venire, come, = English come.
  4. from base, n.
 

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