n. (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball); "he came all the way around on Williams' hit"

n. a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate; "it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit"

n. a dose of a narcotic drug

n. a successful access to an html document on a server

n. a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; "a tub should sit on its own base"

n. (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector

n. (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull"

n. the bottom or lowest part; "the base of the mountain"

n. the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed; "the base of the triangle"

n. (physics) an brief event in which two or more bodies come together; "the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction"

n. the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan"

n. place that runner must touch before scoring; "he scrambled to get back to the bag"

n. installation from which a military force initiates operations; "the attack wiped out our forward bases"

n. (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place; "10 is the radix of the decimal system"

n. any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water; "bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia"

n. a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang"

n. the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"

n. a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp"

n. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

v. hit the intended target or goal

v. deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"

v. make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target; "The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"; "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2"

v. deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"

v. produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically; "The pianist strikes a middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"; "her comments struck a sour note"

v. cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"

v. use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes

v. gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"

v. hit with a missile from a weapon

v. "My car bumped into the tree"

v. cause to experience suddenly; "Panic struck me"; "An interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me"; "The thought struck terror in our minds"; "They were struck with fear"

v. use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation"

v. encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"

v. assign to a station

v. hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"

v. kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

v. reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"

adj. (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal; "base coins of aluminum"; "a base metal"

adj. illegitimate

adj. of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"

adj. morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"

adj. having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"

adj. of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick"

n. the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"

n. the basis on which something is grounded; "there is little foundation for his objections"

n. an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle"

n. a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose; "he started looking for a gas station"; "the train pulled into the station"

n. temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"

n. a fortified military post where troops are stationed

n. the basis on which something is grounded; "there is little foundation for his objections"

n. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

n. the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip"

n. the basis on which something is grounded; "there is little foundation for his objections"

n. (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place; "10 is the radix of the decimal system"

v. strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"

v. press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso"

v. press against forcefully without moving; "she pushed against the wall with all her strength"

v. move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"

v. poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"

v. cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"

v. reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"

v. strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators"

v. become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"

v. come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon"

v. rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"

v. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"

v. set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"

v. become known or apparent; "Some nice results emerged from the study"

v. extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna"

v. hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"

v. injure the underlying soft tissue of bone of; "I bruised my knee"

v. strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators"

v. hit swiftly with a violent blow; "Swat flies"

v. give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"

v. "My car bumped into the tree"

v. deliver a sharp blow or push :"He knocked the glass clear across the room"

v. hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand; "The impatient teacher slapped the student"; "a gunshot slapped him on the forehead"

v. strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; "bat the ball"

v. hit with the hand

v. poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"

v. deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"

v. reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"

v. to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"

v. have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties

v. strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; "bat the ball"

v. hit swiftly with a violent blow; "Swat flies"

v. crash together with violent impact; "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed"

v. fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"

v. strike violently; "slam the ball"

v. strike with a dull sound; "Bullets were thudding against the wall"

v. hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"

v. give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"

v. hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"

v. move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"

v. give a spanking to; subject to a spanking

v. hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"

v. produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically; "The pianist strikes a middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"; "her comments struck a sour note"

v. hit with the hand

v. put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"

v. live in or as if in a tent; "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room"

v. inhabit a nest, usually after building; "birds are nesting outside my window every Spring"

v. be a lodger; stay temporarily; "Where are you lodging in Paris?"

v. send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit; "forward my mail"

v. hand over to the authorities of another country; "They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there"

v. determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey; "Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space"; "Locate the boundaries of the property"

v. put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground; "Let's plant flowers in the garden"

v. put a telephone receiver back in its cradle

v. provide housing for (military personnel)

v. provide housing for; "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town"

v. set up for use; "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink"

v. make an investment; "Put money into bonds"

v. take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest"

v. attach to; "affix the seal here"

v. build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation"

v. give an artificially banal or sexual quality to

v. put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"

v. put into commission; equip for service; of ships

v. enter into a contractual arrangement

v. hire for work or assistance; "engage aid, help, services, or support"

v. hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

v. provide with men; "We cannot man all the desks"

v. fill with people or supply with inhabitants; "people a room"; "The government wanted to populate the remote area of the country"

v. put or introduce into something; "insert a picture into the text"

v. sow by scattering; "scatter seeds"

v. bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation"

v. move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"

v. hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"

v. injure the underlying soft tissue of bone of; "I bruised my knee"

v. strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators"

v. hit swiftly with a violent blow; "Swat flies"

v. give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"

v. "My car bumped into the tree"

v. deliver a sharp blow or push :"He knocked the glass clear across the room"

v. hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand; "The impatient teacher slapped the student"; "a gunshot slapped him on the forehead"

v. strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; "bat the ball"

v. hit with the hand

v. kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda"

v. kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"

v. do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"

v. reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"

v. cover a certain distance or advance beyond; "The drive carried to the green"

v. take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!"

v. move ahead; travel onward in time or space; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"

v. of a car; "The van pulled up"

v. travel or be transported in a vehicle; "We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater"

v. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"

v. to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"

v. make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions"

v. take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"

v. receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"

v. attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"

v. poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"

v. cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"

v. deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"

adj. morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"

adj. offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels"

adj. evoking or deserving hatred; "no vice is universally as hateful as ingratitude"- Joseph Priestly

adj. not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive

adj. having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"

adj. deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong

adj. morally bad or wrong; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds"

adj. offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels"

adj. provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound"

adj. revoltingly ugly: "a hideous scar"; "twisted into monstrous shapes"; "a monstrous urban wilderness"

adj. shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime"; "a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous crime"; "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit"

adj. displeasing to the senses; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture"

adj. inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind"

adj. unpleasant to look at; "unsightly billboards"

adj. unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"

adj. (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene; "impure thoughts"

adj. conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "coarse language"; "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited"

adj. being of a lower world of the dead; "infernal regions"

adj. unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke

adj. deserving a curse; "her damnable pride"

adj. causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"

adj. (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal; "base coins of aluminum"; "a base metal"

adj. evoking or deserving hatred; "no vice is universally as hateful as ingratitude"- Joseph Priestly

adj. causing disapproval or protest; "a vulgar and objectionable person"

adj. not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to a lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb their untoward ribaldry"

adj. soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"

adj. contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen

adj. not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive

adj. (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt

adj. marked by poverty befitting a beggar; "a beggarly existence in the slums"; "a mean hut"

adj. treacherously cowardly; "the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on...December 7th"- F.D. Roosevelt

adj. less than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "low prices"; "the reservoir is low"

adj. touched by rot or decay; "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic"

adj. not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive

adj. morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"

adj. illegitimate

adj. unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign"

adj. of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick"

adj. (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt

adj. marked by poverty befitting a beggar; "a beggarly existence in the slums"; "a mean hut"

adj. less than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "low prices"; "the reservoir is low"

adj. unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke

adj. offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels"

adj. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice"

adj. despicably mean and cowardly

adj. completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose; "something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude"; "I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part"- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

adj. treacherously cowardly; "the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on...December 7th"- F.D. Roosevelt

adj. grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"

adj. evoking or deserving hatred; "no vice is universally as hateful as ingratitude"- Joseph Priestly

adj. having an exceedingly bad reputation; "a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice"

adj. shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime"; "a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous crime"; "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit"

adj. highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"

adj. not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter"

adj. deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong

adj. lacking worth or importance; "his work seems trivial and inconsequential"; "the quite inconsequent fellow was managed like a puppet"

adj. not important or noteworthy

adj. (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

adj. bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; "a criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife"

adj. having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"

v. strike down or shoot down

v. move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room"

v. assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"

adj. below average in quality or performance; "a bad chess player"; "a bad recital"

adj. of very poor quality; flimsy

adj. resembling cardboard especially in flimsiness; "apartments with cardboard walls"

adj. cheap and shoddy; "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist

adj. of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population"

adj. made coarse or crude by lack of skill

adj. of the kind or quality used in commerce; average or inferior; "commercial grade of beef"; "commercial oxalic acid"

adj. of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"

adj. (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality; "no less than perfect"

adj. of inferior quality

adj. moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"

adj. (British informal) very poor in quality; "ropey food"; "a ropey performance"

adj. inferior in size or quality; "scrawny cattle"; "scrubby cut-over pine"; "old stunted thorn trees"

adj. of inferior status or quality; "a second-class citizen"; "second-class accommodations"

adj. of lesser quality than second-rate

adj. used of beef; usable but inferior

adj. conceived in adultery

adj. not having a known or legally responsible father

adj. (of marriages) illicit or informal; "in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent"

adj. having no legally established claim; "the wrongful heir to the throne"

adj. of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses"

adj. not of the nobility; "of ignoble (or ungentle) birth"; "untitled civilians"

adj. having the nature of vice

adj. characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin; "iniquitous deeds"; "he said it was sinful to wear lipstick"; "ungodly acts"

adj. insusceptible of reform; "vicious irreclaimable boys"; "irredeemable sinners"

adj. extremely wicked; "nefarious schemes"; "a villainous plot"; "a villainous band of thieves"

adj. liable to sin; "a frail and peccable mortal"- Sir Walter Scott

adj. morally unacceptable; "the dishonorable conduct of trusted men"

adj. not befitting a gentleman

adj. inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice"

v. fail to reach; "The arrow missed the target"

v. cause to change ownership; "I transferred my stock holdings to my children"

v. fail to reach; "The arrow missed the target"

adj. of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times; "of noble birth"

adj. morally excellent