Word.ws English Dictionary

stolen bases

stolen bases is the plural of stolen base.

Meaning of stolen base

Noun

stolen base (plural stolen bases)

  1. A play where a runner on any base runs to the next base, usually while the pitcher pitches to a batter. Such a runner is liable to be put out if tagged with the ball while not in contact with any base.
    • The catcher caught the wild pitch and threw the ball to second, just in time, preventing another stolen base.
    Synonyms:
    steal

Questions about stolen bases

What is stolen bases the plural of?
Stolen bases is the plural of stolen base.

Words near stolen bases in the dictionary

  1. stolen a kiss
  2. stolen a living
  3. stolen a march
  4. stolen away
  5. stolen base
  6. stolen bases
  7. Stolen Generation
  8. Stolen Generations
  9. stolen goods
  10. stolen in
  11. stolen one's thunder

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: stolen bases (page history and authors); stolen base (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “stolen bases.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/stolen_bases. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.