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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bass1 /beɪs/USA pronunciation adj. - Music and Danceof the lowest pitch or range: a bass clarinet.
- Music and Danceof, relating to, orbeing the lowest part in harmonic music.
n. [countable] - Music and Dancethe bass part.
- Music and Dancea bass voice, singer, or instrument.
- Music and Dance double bass.
bass2 /bæs/USA pronunciation n., pl. (esp. when thought of as a group) bass, (esp. for kinds or species) bass•es. - Fishan edible freshwater or saltwater fish.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bass1 (bās),USA pronunciation [Music.]adj. - Music and Dancelow in pitch;
of the lowest pitch or range:a bass voice; a bass instrument. - Music and Danceof or pertaining to the lowest part in harmonic music.
n. - Music and Dancethe bass part.
- Music and Dancea bass voice, singer, or instrument.
- Music and DanceSee double bass.
- late Middle English, variant of base2 with ss of basso 1400–50
bass′ness, n.
bass′y, adj.
bass2 (bas),USA pronunciation n., pl. ( [esp. collectively]) bass, ( [esp. referring to two or more kinds or species]) bass•es. - Fishany of numerous edible, spiny-finned, freshwater or marine fishes of the families Serranidae and Centrarchidae.
- Fish(originally) the European perch, Perca fluviatilis.
- 1375–1425; late Middle English bas, earlier bærs, Old English bærs (with loss of r before s as in ass2, passel, etc.); cognate with Dutch baars, German Barsch, Old Swedish agh-borre
- Plant Biologythe basswood or linden.
- Botanybast.
- variant of bast with unexplained loss of -t 1685–95
- Biographical Sam, 1851–78, U.S. outlaw: bank and train robber in the West.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bass /beɪs/ n - the lowest adult male voice usually having a range from E a 13th below middle C to D a tone above it
- a singer with such a voice
- the bass ⇒ the lowest part in a piece of harmony
See also thorough bass - informal
short for bass guitar, double bass - the low-frequency component of an electrical audio signal, esp in a record player or tape recorder
- the knob controlling this on such an instrument
adj - relating to or denoting the bass
- denoting the lowest and largest instrument in a family
Etymology: 15th Century bas base1; modern spelling influenced by basso bass /bæs/ n - any of various sea perches, esp Morone labrax, a popular game fish with one large spiny dorsal fin separate from a second smaller one
- the European perch
- any of various predatory North American freshwater percoid fishes, such as Micropterus salmoides, (largemouth bass): family Centrarchidae (sunfishes, etc)
Etymology: 15th Century: changed from base², influenced by Italian basso low |