ALL meanings of off base
off base
O o - adjective off base serving as or forming a base: The walls will need a base coat and two finishing coats. 1
- noun off base the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests: a metal base for the table. 1
- noun off base a fundamental principle or groundwork; foundation; basis: the base of needed reforms. 1
- noun off base the bottom layer or coating, as of makeup or paint. 1
- noun off base Architecture. the distinctively treated portion of a column or pier below the shaft or shafts. the distinctively treated lowermost portion of any construction, as a monument, exterior wall, etc. 1
- noun off base Botany, Zoology. the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment. the point of attachment. 1
- noun off base the principal element or ingredient of anything, considered as its fundamental part: face cream with a lanolin base; paint with a lead base. 1
- noun off base that from which a commencement, as of action or reckoning, is made; a starting point or point of departure. 1
- noun off base Baseball. any of the four corners of the diamond, especially first, second, or third base. Compare home plate. a square canvas sack containing sawdust or some other light material, for marking first, second, or third base. 1
- noun off base a starting line or point for runners, racing cars, etc. 1
- noun off base (in hockey and other games) the goal. 1
- noun off base Military. a fortified or more or less protected area or place from which the operations of an army or an air force proceed. a supply installation for a large military force. 1
- noun off base Geometry. the line or surface forming the part of a figure that is most nearly horizontal or on which it is supposed to stand. 1
- noun off base Mathematics. the number that serves as a starting point for a logarithmic or other numerical system. a collection of subsets of a topological space having the property that every open set in the given topology can be written as the union of sets of the collection. a collection of neighborhoods of a point such that every neighborhood of the point contains one from the collection. a collection of sets of a given filter such that every set in the filter is contained in some set in the collection. 1
- noun off base Also called base line. Surveying. See under triangulation (def 1). 1
- noun off base Painting. vehicle (def 10). Also called carrier. inert matter, used in the preparation of lakes, onto which a coloring compound is precipitated. 1
- noun off base Photography. a thin, flexible layer of cellulose triacetate or similar material that holds the light-sensitive film emulsion and other coatings, especially on motion-picture film. 1
- noun off base Chemistry. a compound that reacts with an acid to form a salt, as ammonia, calcium hydroxide, or certain nitrogen-containing organic compounds. the hydroxide of a metal or of an electropositive element or group. a group or molecule that takes up or accepts protons. a molecule or ion containing an atom with a free pair of electrons that can be donated to an acid; an electron-pair donor. any of the purine and pyrimidine compounds found in nucleic acids: the purines adenine and guanine and the pyrimidines cytosine, thymine, and uracil. 1
- noun off base Grammar. the part of a complex word, consisting of one or more morphemes, to which derivational or inflectional affixes may be added, as want in unwanted or biolog- in biological. Compare root1 (def 12), stem1 (def 16). 1
- noun off base Linguistics. the component of a generative grammar containing the lexicon and phrase-structure rules that generate the deep structure of sentences. 1
- noun off base Electronics. an electrode or terminal on a transistor other than the emitter or collector electrodes or terminals. the part of an incandescent lamp or electron tube that includes the terminals for making electrical connection to a circuit or power supply. 1
- noun off base Stock Exchange. the level at which a security ceases a decline in price. 1
- noun off base Heraldry. the lower part of an escutcheon. 1
- noun off base bases, Armor. a tonlet formed of two shaped steel plates assembled side by side. 1
- noun off base Jewelry. pavilion (def 6). 1
- noun off base in base, Heraldry. in the lower part of an escutcheon. 1
- verb with object off base to make or form a base or foundation for. 1
- verb with object off base to establish, as a fact or conclusion (usually followed by on or upon): He based his assumption of her guilt on the fact that she had no alibi. 1
- verb with object off base to place or establish on a base or basis; ground; found (usually followed by on or upon): Our plan is based on a rising economy. 1
- verb with object off base to station, place, or situate (usually followed by at or on): He is based at Fort Benning. The squadron is based on a carrier. 1
- verb without object off base to have a basis; be based (usually followed by on or upon): Fluctuating prices usually base on a fickle public's demand. 1
- verb without object off base to have or maintain a base: I believe they had based on Greenland at one time. 1
- idioms off base get to first base. first base (def 2). 1
- idioms off base off base, Baseball. not touching a base: The pitcher caught him off base and, after a quick throw, he was put out by the second baseman. Informal. badly mistaken: The police were way off base when they tried to accuse her of the theft. 1
- idioms off base on base, Baseball. having reached a base or bases: Two men are on base. 1
- idioms off base touch base with, to make contact with: They've touched base with every political group on campus. 1
- phrase off base If you say that someone is off base, you mean that they are wrong. 0
- noun off base wrong or badly mistaken 0
- noun off base not touching the base 0
- noun off base taking a position or attitude that is unsound or in error 0