third base
21base runner — ☆ base runner n. Baseball any member of the team at bat who has reached first, second, or third base safely or is trying to reach a base or home plate …
22Third baseman — A third baseman, abbreviated 3B , is the player in baseball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base the third of four bases a baserunner must touch, moving counterclockwise, to score a run. In the scoring system used to… …
23third baseman — noun (baseball) the person who plays third base • Syn: ↑third sacker • Topics: ↑baseball, ↑baseball game, ↑softball, ↑softball game • Hypernyms: ↑ …
24base — base1 /bays/, n., adj., v., based, basing. n. 1. the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests: a metal base for the table. 2. a fundamental principle or groundwork; foundation; basis: the base of needed reforms. 3. the… …
25base — I [[t]beɪs[/t]] n. adj. v. based, bas•ing 1) a bottom support; that on which a thing stands or rests 2) a fundamental principle; basis 3) the bottom layer or coating, as of makeup or paint 4) archit. a) the distinctively treated portion of a… …
26base — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. basis, foundation, groundwork, support; basement, substructure; headquarters, depot; root; footing, floor; pavement; bottom; bedrock. v. found, establish; predicate; ground, rest, or build upon. See… …
27third — thirdly, adv. /therrd/, adj. 1. next after the second; being the ordinal number for three. 2. being one of three equal parts. 3. Auto. of, pertaining to, or operating at the gear transmission ratio at which the drive shaft speed is greater than… …
28Base on balls — A base on balls (BB) is credited to a batter and against a pitcher in baseball statistics when a batter receives four pitches that the umpire calls balls . It is better known as a walk. The base on balls is defined in Section 2.00 of baseball s… …
29third — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English thridde, thirde, from Old English thridda, thirdda; akin to Latin tertius third, Greek tritos, treis three more at three Date: before 12th century 1. a. being next after the second in place or time < the… …
30base — See: FIRST BASE, GET TO FIRST BASE or REACH FIRST BASE, LOAD THE BASES or FILL THE BASES, OFF BASE, SECOND BASE, STOLEN BASE, THIRD BASE …
