Fundament : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Fundament	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fundament n the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture" Synonym(s): basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" Synonym(s): buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" Synonym(s): foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fundament \Fun"da*ment\, n. [OE. fundament, fundement, fondement, OF. fundement, fondement, F. fondement, fr. L. fundamentum foundation, fr. fundare to lay the bottom, to found, fr. fundus bottom. See {Fund}.] 1. Foundation. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. The part of the body on which one sits; the buttocks; specifically (Anat.), the anus. --Hume.