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Bass
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- 1 Of sound, a voice or an instrument, low in pitch or frequency.
"The giant spoke in a deep, bass, rumbling voice that shook me to my boots."
- 1 having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range wordnet
- 1 A surname.
- 2 A place name:; A rural town in Bass Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia, named after George Bass.
- 3 A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Alabama.
- 4 A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Newton County, Arkansas.
- 5 A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Casey County, Kentucky.
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- 6 A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Cole County, Missouri.
- 7 A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Hardy County, West Virginia, named for the presence of bass (fish) in the local creek.
- 1 A low spectrum of sound tones.
"Peter adjusted the equalizer on his audio equipment to emphasize the bass."
- 2 The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of Perciformes. countable, uncountable
- 3 The fibrous inner bark of the linden or lime tree, used for making mats. countable, uncountable
- 4 nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes wordnet
- 5 A section of a musical group that produces low-pitched sound, lower than the baritone and tenor.
"The conductor preferred to situate the bass in the middle rear, rather than to one side of the orchestra."
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- 6 Fibers from other plants, especially palm trees countable, uncountable
- 7 the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments wordnet
- 8 One who sings in the bass range.
"Halfway through middle school, Edgar morphed from a soprano to a bass, much to the amazement and amusement of his fellow choristers."
- 9 Anything made from such fibers, such as a hassock, basket or thick mat. countable, uncountable
"BASS, 1, a door mat"
- 10 the lowest part of the musical range wordnet
- 11 An instrument that plays in the bass range, in particular a double bass, bass guitar, electric bass or bass synthesiser.
"The musician swung the bass over his head like an axe and smashed it into the amplifier, creating a discordant howl of noise."
- 12 the lowest adult male singing voice wordnet
- 13 The clef sign that indicates that the pitch of the notes is below middle C; a bass clef.
"The score had been written without the treble and bass, but it was easy to pick out which was which based on the location of the notes on the staff."
- 14 the lowest part in polyphonic music wordnet
- 15 any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus) wordnet
- 16 the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae wordnet
- 17 an adult male singer with the lowest voice wordnet
- 1 To sound in a deep tone.
"[…] and the Thunder (That deepe and dreadfull Organ-Pipe) pronounc'd The name of Proſper : it did baſe my Treſpaſſe"
Etymology
A respelling of base under the influence of Italian basso (“low”).
A respelling of base under the influence of Italian basso (“low”).
A respelling of base under the influence of Italian basso (“low”).
From Middle English bace, bas, alteration of bars, from Old English bærs (“a fish, perch”), from Proto-West Germanic *bars, from Proto-Germanic *barsaz (“perch”, literally “prickly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰórsos (“prickle, thorn, scale”). Cognate with Dutch baars (“perch, bass”), German Barsch (“perch”). More at barse.
A corruption of bast.
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