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–adjective

1.	low in pitch; of the lowest pitch or range: a bass voice; a bass instrument.

2.	of or pertaining to the lowest part in harmonic music.

–noun

3.	the bass part.

4.	a bass voice, singer, or instrument.

5.	double bass.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME, var. of base² with ss of basso

]

—Related forms

bassly, adverb

bassness, noun

bassy, adjective

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–noun, plural (especially collectively

) bass, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species

) bass·es.

1.	any of numerous edible, spiny-finned, freshwater or marine fishes of the families Serranidae and Centrarchidae.

2.	(originally) the European perch, Perca fluviatilis.

[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME bas, earlier bærs, OE bærs (with loss of r before s as in ass², passel, etc.); c. D baars, G Barsch, OSw agh-borre

]

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–noun

1.	the basswood or linden.

2.	Botany. bast.

[Origin: 1685–95; var. of bast with unexplained loss of -t

]

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–noun

Sam, 1851–78, U.S. outlaw: bank and train robber in the West.

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n. pl. bass or bass·es

Any of several North American freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae, related to but larger than the sunfishes.
Any of various marine fishes of the family Serranidae, such as the sea bass and the striped bass.

[Middle English *bars, perch, from Old English bærs.]

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n.

A low-pitched sound or tone.
The tones in the lowest register of an instrument.
1. A male singing voice of the lowest range.
2. A singer who has such a voice.
3. An instrument that sounds within this range.
4. Abbr. B A vocal or instrumental part written within this range.
An instrument, especially a double bass, that produces tones in a low register.

adj.

Having a deep tone.
Low in pitch.

[Middle English bas, lowest musical part, from bas, low; see base².]

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bass (adj.)

"low" (voice or instrument, ranging from the E flat below the bass stave to the F above it), c.1390, originally base, infl. by It. basso, from L.L. bassus "short, low," possibly from Oscan. Meaning "bass-viol" is from 1702; that of "double-bass" is from 1927.

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bass (n.)

"fish," 15c. corruption of O.E. bærs "a fish, perch," from P.Gmc. base *bars- "sharp" (cf. M.Du. baerse, M.H.G. bars, Ger. Barsch "perch," Ger. barsch "rough"), from PIE base *bhors- "bristle." The fish was so called for its dorsal fins.

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bass
adjective
1.	having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; "a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet"
noun
1.	the lowest part of the musical range
2.	the lowest part in polyphonic music
3.	an adult male singer with the lowest voice
4.	the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae [syn: sea bass]
5.	any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus) [syn: freshwater bass]
6.	the lowest adult male singing voice
7.	the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments
8.	nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes

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bass [beis] noun — plural ˈbasses

(a singer having) a male voice of the lowest pitch

Arabic:	مُغَنٍ جَهير الصَّوْت
Chinese (Simplified):	男低音
Chinese (Traditional):	男低音
Czech:	bas, basista
Danish:	bas; basstemme
Dutch:	bas
Estonian:	bass
Finnish:	basso
French:	basse
German:	der Baß
Greek:	μπάσος
Hungarian:	basszus
Icelandic:	bassi, bassarödd
Indonesian:	bas

Japanese:	低音
Latvian:	bass
Lithuanian:	bosas
Norwegian:	basstemme
Polish:	bas
Portuguese (Brazil):	baixo
Portuguese (Portugal):	baixo
Romanian:	bas
Russian:	бас
Slovak:	bas, basista
Slovenian:	bas
Spanish:	bajo
Swedish:	bas
Turkish:	bas, kalın ses

bass [bӕs] noun — plural bass, (rare) ˈbasses

a type of fish of the perch family

Arabic:	سَمَك ذِئْب البَحْر: القاروس
Chinese (Simplified):	鲈鱼
Chinese (Traditional):	鱸魚
Czech:	okoun
Danish:	bars; havaborre
Dutch:	baars
Estonian:	ahven
Finnish:	ahven
French:	perche
German:	der Barsch
Greek:	λαβράκι
Hungarian:	(fekete) sügér
Icelandic:	vartari
Indonesian:	nama ikan sebangsa bandeng

Japanese:	すずき (魚)
Latvian:	asaris
Lithuanian:	ešerys
Norwegian:	havabbor
Polish:	okoń
Portuguese (Brazil):	perca
Portuguese (Portugal):	perca
Romanian:	biban
Russian:	окунь
Slovak:	ostriež
Slovenian:	ostriž
Swedish:	havsabborre
Turkish:	levrek

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bass [(bays)]

The lowest range of the male singing voice. (Compare baritone and tenor.)

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Bass Harbor, ME Zip code(s): 04653

Bass Lake, CA Zip code(s): 93604

Bass River, MA Zip code(s): 02664

Bass, AR Zip code(s): 72612

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Bass

Barse\, n. [AS. bears, b[ae]rs, akin to D. baars, G. bars, barsch. Cf. 1st Bass, n.] The common perch. See 1st Bass. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.

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Bass

Barse\, n. [AS. bears, b[ae]rs, akin to D. baars, G. bars, barsch. Cf. 1st Bass, n.] The common perch. See 1st Bass. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.

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Base\ (b[=a]s), a. [OE. bass, F. bas, low, fr. LL. bassus thick, fat, short, humble; cf. L. Bassus, a proper name, and W. bas shallow. Cf. Bass a part in music.]

1. Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs. [Archaic] --Shak.

2. Low in place or position. [Obs.] --Shak.

3. Of humble birth; or low degree; lowly; mean. [Archaic] "A pleasant and base swain." --Bacon.

4. Illegitimate by birth; bastard. [Archaic]

Why bastard? wherefore base? --Shak.

5. Of little comparative value, as metal inferior to gold and silver, the precious metals.

6. Alloyed with inferior metal; debased; as, base coin; base bullion.

7. Morally low. Hence: Low-minded; unworthy; without dignity of sentiment; ignoble; mean; illiberal; menial; as, a base fellow; base motives; base occupations. "A cruel act of a base and a cowardish mind." --Robynson (More's Utopia). "Base ingratitude." --Milton.

8. Not classical or correct. "Base Latin." --Fuller.

9. Deep or grave in sound; as, the base tone of a violin. [In this sense, commonly written bass.]

10. (Law) Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base, or low, and the tenant, a base tenant.

Base fee, formerly, an estate held at the will of the lord; now, a qualified fee. See note under Fee, n., 4.

Base metal. See under Metal.

Syn: Dishonorable; worthless; ignoble; low-minded; infamous; sordid; degraded.

Usage: Base, Vile, Mean. These words, as expressing moral qualities, are here arranged in the order of their strength, the strongest being placed first. Base marks a high degree of moral turpitude; vile and mean denote, in different degrees, the want of what is valuable or worthy of esteem. What is base excites our abhorrence; what is vile provokes our disgust or indignation; what is mean awakens contempt. Base is opposed to high-minded; vile, to noble; mean, to liberal or generous. Ingratitude is base; sycophancy is vile; undue compliances are mean.

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Base\, n. [F. base, L. basis, fr. Gr. ? a stepping step, a base, pedestal, fr. ? to go, step, akin to E. come. Cf. Basis, and see Come.]

1. The bottom of anything, considered as its support, or that on which something rests for support; the foundation; as, the base of a statue. "The base of mighty mountains." --Prescott.

2. Fig.: The fundamental or essential part of a thing; the essential principle; a groundwork.

3. (Arch.) (a) The lower part of a wall, pier, or column, when treated as a separate feature, usually in projection, or especially ornamented. (b) The lower part of a complete architectural design, as of a monument; also, the lower part of any elaborate piece of furniture or decoration.

4. (Bot.) That extremity of a leaf, fruit, etc., at which it is attached to its support.

5. (Chem.) The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a substance which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the latter and forms a salt; -- applied also to the hydroxides of the positive elements or radicals, and to certain organic bodies resembling them in their property of forming salts with acids.

6. (Pharmacy) The chief ingredient in a compound.

7. (Dyeing) A substance used as a mordant. --Ure.

8. (Fort.) The exterior side of the polygon, or that imaginary line which connects the salient angles of two adjacent bastions.

9. (Geom.) The line or surface constituting that part of a figure on which it is supposed to stand.

10. (Math.) The number from which a mathematical table is constructed; as, the base of a system of logarithms.

11. [See Base low.] A low, or deep, sound. (Mus.) (a) The lowest part; the deepest male voice. (b) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, base. [Now commonly written bass.]

The trebles squeak for fear, the bases roar. --Dryden.

12. (Mil.) A place or tract of country, protected by fortifications, or by natural advantages, from which the operations of an army proceed, forward movements are made, supplies are furnished, etc.

13. (Mil.) The smallest kind of cannon. [Obs.]

14. (Zo["o]l.) That part of an organ by which it is attached to another more central organ.

15. (Crystallog.) The basal plane of a crystal.

16. (Geol.) The ground mass of a rock, especially if not distinctly crystalline.

17. (Her.) The lower part of the field. See Escutcheon.

18. The housing of a horse. [Obs.]

19. pl. A kind of skirt ( often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armor) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower. [Obs.]

20. The lower part of a robe or petticoat. [Obs.]

21. An apron. [Obs.] "Bakers in their linen bases." --Marston.

22. The point or line from which a start is made; a starting place or a goal in various games.

To their appointed base they went. --Dryden.

23. (Surv.) A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles. --Lyman.

24. A rustic play; -- called also prisoner's base, prison base, or bars. "To run the country base." --Shak.

25. (Baseball) Any one of the four bounds which mark the circuit of the infield.

Altern base. See under Altern.

Attic base. (Arch.) See under Attic.

Base course. (Arch.) (a) The first or lower course of a foundation wall, made of large stones of a mass of concrete; -- called also foundation course. (b) The architectural member forming the transition between the basement and the wall above.

Base hit (Baseball), a hit, by which the batsman, without any error on the part of his opponents, is able to reach the first base without being put out.

Base line. (a) A main line taken as a base, as in surveying or in military operations. (b) A line traced round a cannon at the rear of the vent.

Base plate, the foundation plate of heavy machinery, as of the steam engine; the bed plate.

Base ring (Ordnance), a projecting band of metal around the breech, connected with the body of the gun by a concave molding. --H. L. Scott.

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Bass\, n.; pl. Bass, and sometimes Basses. [A corruption of barse.] (Zo["o]l.) 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. (R. chrysops); brass or yellow bass (R. 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 (Sci[ae]na ocellata). See Redfish.

Note: The name is also applied to many other fishes. See Calico bass, under Calico.

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