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Bass   /bæs/  /beɪs/   Listen
noun
Bass  n.  (pl. bass, and sometimes basses)  (Zool.)
1.
An edible, spiny-finned fish, esp. of the genera Roccus, Labrax, and related genera. There are many species. Note: The common European bass is Labrax lupus. American species are: the striped bass (Roccus lineatus); white or silver bass of the lakes (Roccus chrysops); brass or yellow bass (Roccus interruptus).
2.
The two American fresh-water species of black bass (genus Micropterus). See Black bass.
3.
Species of Serranus, the sea bass and rock bass. See Sea bass.
4.
The southern, red, or channel bass (Sciaena ocellata). See Redfish. Note: The name is also applied to many other fishes. See Calico bass, under Calico.


Bass  n.  
1.
(Bot.) The linden or lime tree, sometimes wrongly called whitewood; also, its bark, which is used for making mats. See Bast.
2.
A hassock or thick mat.


Bass  n.  
1.
A bass, or deep, sound or tone.
2.
(Mus.)
(a)
The lowest part in a musical composition.
(b)
One who sings, or the instrument which plays, bass. (Written also base)
Thorough bass. See Thorough bass.


adjective
Bass  adj.  Deep or grave in tone.
Bass clef (Mus.), the character placed at the beginning of the staff containing the bass part of a musical composition.
Bass voice, a deep-sounding voice; a voice fitted for singing bass.


verb
Bass  v. t.  To sound in a deep tone. (R.)





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"Bass" Quotes from Famous Books



... party assembled at Belle Vue for Madame von Marwitz's delectation, she had been made a little to feel that she was but one of the indistinguishable orchestra that plucked out from accommodating strings a mellow bass to the one thrilling solo. Not for one moment did she grudge any of the recognitions that were her great friend's due; but she did expect to bask beside her; she did expect to find transmitted to her an important satellite's share ...
— Tante • Anne Douglas Sedgwick
... I could, banging the proper keys with my two sticks, and made a shift to play a jig, to the great satisfaction of both their majesties; but it was the most violent exercise I ever underwent; and yet I could not strike above sixteen keys, nor consequently play the bass and treble together, as other artists do; which was a great ...
— Gulliver's Travels - into several remote nations of the world • Jonathan Swift
... fine treble; Gray's a mellow bass. Others joined them, and the party returned to the Academy, singing ...
— The Drummer Boy • John Trowbridge
... a deep resonant bass voice. He hit himself a blow on the head that would have floored any two ordinary men. "Sora," he announced, striking the alien woman ...
— Masters of Space • Edward Elmer Smith
... She started to speak reverently in a low tone. It was the usual petition that blessing should descend upon the missions, the sewing circle and the children's work—and here her voice wavered a little, for a man's bass voice joined in with her own. It was that of the deacon who carried the offering plate each Sunday morning, opposite her husband. On and on both man and woman shouted their words with strength and rapidity upon their hearers' ears. The Deacon's ...
— Tess of the Storm Country • Grace Miller White


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