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According to WordNet, the adjective "base" has 7 sense(s).

301856066 serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats".

301589650 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".

302345859 (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal; "base coins of aluminum"; "a base metal".

301407816 illegitimate.

301592857 of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth".

301117362 debased; not genuine; "an attempt to eliminate the base coinage".

302036077 not adhering to ethical or moral principles; "base and unpatriotic motives"; "a base, degrading way of life"; "cheating is dishonorable"; "they considered colonialism immoral"; "unethical practices in handling public funds".

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