base
/beɪs/ adjectif C2En français : bas, abject, indigne, ignoble
- Low in place or position.
- Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.
- Not considered precious or noble.
- Alloyed with inferior metal; debased. · base coin· base bullion
- Not classical or correct.
- Relating to feudal land tenure held by a tenant from a lord in exchange for services that are seen as unworthy for noblemen to perform, such as villeinage.
Comparatif baser · Superlatif basest
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A lamp, placed at the base of a pillar, lighted up with its pale and flickering flame the singular scene which presented itself to the eyes of the two visitors concealed in the shadow.
Worn with pain, and weak from the prolonged hardships which I had undergone, I was removed, with a great train of wounded sufferers, to the base hospital at Peshawar.
Down at the base of the cliffs were heaps of surf-worn rocks or little sandy coves inlaid with pebbles as with ocean jewels; beyond lay the sea, shimmering and blue, and over it soared the gulls, their pinions flashing silvery in the sunlight.
But these forces increase as we go higher, so that we have a spiral which in defiance of reason rests upon the apex and not on the base.
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