Dictionary Entry
Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
Origin
Origin details are still being enriched for this entry.
Common Phrases
Poetry examples for “bases”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →uplift from the furrows,
the roots at their bases
strike lower through the barley-sprays.
Read full poem →Who are these? and where? it is no sweet seclusion;
Blank hill-sides slope down to a salt sea loch at their bases,
Scored by runnels, that fringe ere they end with rowan and alder:
Read full poem →uplift from the furrows,
the roots at their bases
strike lower through the barley-sprays.
Read full poem →same composition. They are silicates of two or more of the fol-
lowing bases: lime, magnesia, oxide of iron, and alumina. Karely,
certain other bases occur. Lime and magnesia are generally
Read full poem →Fur when he give out "charity" ole Hiram could n't spell it.
But laffin' 's ketchin' an' it throwed some others off their bases,
An' folks 'u'd miss the very word that seemed to fit their cases.
Read full poem →bodies of the rich and the poor a man finds little to distinguish between
them, bulks them as one and bases his working judgements on other
matters._
Read full poem →vont se présenter. Souvenez-vous donc que toute con-
naissance dont vous n'aurez pas solidement posé les bases
avant vôtre dix-huitième année, de votre vie vous ne
Read full poem →With my extern the outward honouring,
Or laid great bases for eternity,
Which proves more short than waste or ruining?
