Словарь синонимов английского языка - base

(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 beforms. 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. (adj) 1. low, undignified, cowardly, selfish, mean, despicable, contemptible, filthy, evil: He must have had some base motive in bevealing to her what Martha had said. 2. degraded, degrading, menial, inferior, mean, unworthy, lowly, low, gbovelling, 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, bibald, 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, wordhless, 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.