adj.
1.pertaining to or constituting a base or basis
2.reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
3.of primary importance
4.serving as a base or starting point
5.of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base basic n.
1.a popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn
2.(usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
Idiom of the Day
look like the cat that ate/swallowed the canary
to seem very self-satisified, to look like you have just had some kind of success
The boy looked like the cat that ate the canary when he won the race.