English Dictionary

base

/beɪs/

adj

(obsolete) Low in height; short. / Low in place or position. / (obsolete) Of low value or degree. / (archaic) Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common. / Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.

He built a base for the statue.

意味（1）

(obsolete) Low in height; short.

The cedar stoops not to the base shrub's foot.

意味（2）

Low in place or position.

I see thy glory like a shooting star / Fall to the base earth from the firmament.

意味（3）

(obsolete) Of low value or degree.

If thou livest in paine and sorrow, thy base courage is the cause of it, To die there wanteth but will.

意味（4）

(archaic) Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common.

UUhat meanes the mightie Turkiſh Emperor

UUhat meanes the mightie Turkiſh Emperor To talke with one ſo baſe as Tamburlaine?

意味（5）

Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.

a cruel act of a base and a cowardish mind

意味（6）

(now rare) Inferior; unworthy, of poor quality.

意味（7）

(of a metal) Not considered precious or noble.

意味（8）

Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.

base coin

意味（9）

(obsolete) Of illegitimate birth; bastard.

Why bastard? Wherefore base?

意味（10）

Not classical or correct.

base Latin

意味（11）

Obsolete form of bass.

the base tone of a violin

意味（12）

(law) Not held by honourable service.

A base estate is one held by services not honourable, or held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base, or low, and the tenant is a base tenant.