"second base" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{head|en|noun}} second base
  1. (baseball) The base opposite home plate in a baseball infield. Tags: singular, singular-only Categories (topical): Baseball, Sports areas Related terms: first base, third base, home run, score Translations (the base opposite home plate): segona base [feminine] (Catalan), 二壘 (Chinese Mandarin), 二垒 (èrlěi) (Chinese Mandarin), kakkospesä (Finnish), kakkonen (Finnish), deuxième but [masculine] (French), deuxième base [feminine] (French), 二塁 (nirui) (Japanese), 이루 (iru) (Korean), втора́я ба́за (vtorája báza) [feminine] (Russian), chốt hai (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-second_base-en-noun-61PuWUAi Disambiguation of Sports areas: 73 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'the base opposite home plate': 88 12
  2. (singular only, US, colloquial) Touching a partner under his or her clothes, without having sex. Tags: US, colloquial, singular, singular-only Categories (topical): Sex
    Sense id: en-second_base-en-noun-xBodyBCc Disambiguation of Sex: 41 59 Categories (other): American English, English singularia tantum, English entries with incorrect language header, English singularia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English singularia tantum: 37 63

Inflected forms

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