Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (3)
1.
the base that must be touched first by a base runner in baseball;
2.
the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate);
[syn: first base, first]
3. the initial stage in accomplishing something;
- Example: "we didn't get to first base with that approach"
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
first base
n 1: the base that must be touched first by a base runner in
baseball
2: the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is
stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting
counterclockwise from home plate) [syn: first base,
first]
3: the initial stage in accomplishing something; "we didn't get
to first base with that approach"