Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1.
having a base;
- Example: "firmly based ice"2.
having a base of operations (often used as a combining form);
- Example: "a locally based business"- Example: "an Atlanta-based company"- Example: "carrier-based planes"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Base \Base\ (b[=a]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Based (b[=a]sd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Basing.] [From Base, n.]
To put on a base or basis; to lay the foundation of; to
found, as an argument or conclusion; -- used with on or upon.
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Based \Based\ (b[=a]sd), p. p. & a.
1. Having a base, or having as a base; supported; as,
broad-based.
[1913 Webster]
2. [See Base, n., 18-21.] Wearing, or protected by, bases.
[Obs.] "Based in lawny velvet." --E. Hall.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
based
adj 1: having a base; "firmly based ice"
2: having a base of operations (often used as a combining form);
"a locally based business"; "an Atlanta-based company";
"carrier-based planes"