first base

Noun

countable singular singular-only uncountable broadly US colloquial

(singular only, baseball) The base after home plate in a counter-clockwise path around a baseball infield. / (singular only, by extension) Completion of the first phase of an activity.

Japanese Meaning

野球において、本塁の次に位置する塁、すなわち一塁 / 転じて、何かの活動の第一段階が完了した状態、初段階の達成

What is this buttons?

After hitting a sharp grounder, she sprinted to first base and slid in safely.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

鋭いゴロを打った後、彼女は一塁まで全力で走って滑り込み、セーフになった。

Details

Sense（1）

(singular only, baseball) The base after home plate in a counter-clockwise path around a baseball infield.

The runner took his lead off first base.

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Sense（2）

(singular only, by extension) Completion of the first phase of an activity.

Sense（3）

(singular only, US, colloquial) Kissing, regarded as the first phase of a sexual relationship.

Every time I got to the part about her out with Stradlater in that damn Ed Banky's car, it almost drove me crazy. I knew she wouldn’t let him get to first base with her, but it drove me crazy anyway.

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