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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.
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| note equivalent in time value to one half of a whole note |
| rest equal in time value to a half note |
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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.
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| bass1 (beɪs) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the lowest adult male voice usually having a range from E a 13th below middle C to D a tone above it |
| 2. | a singer with such a voice |
| 3. | the bass See also thorough bass the lowest part in a piece of harmony |
| 4. | informal bass guitar short for double bass |
| 5. | a. the low-frequency component of an electrical audio signal, esp in a record player or tape recorder |
| b. the knob controlling this on such an instrument | |
| —adj | |
| 6. | relating to or denoting the bass: bass pitch; the bass part |
| 7. | denoting the lowest and largest instrument in a family: a bass trombone |
| [C15 bas | |
| bass2 (bæs) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | sea bass See also stone bass any of various sea perches, esp Morone labrax, a popular game fish with one large spiny dorsal fin separate from a second smaller one |
| 2. | See perch the European perch |
| 3. | any of various predatory North American freshwater percoid fishes, such as Micropterus salmoides, (largemouth bass): family Centrarchidae (sunfishes, etc) |
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Word Origin & History
bass
"low" (voice or instrument, ranging from the E flat below the bass stave to the F above it), late 14c., originally base, influenced by It. basso, from L.L. bassus "short, low" (see base (adj.)). Meaning "bass-viol" is from 1702; that of "double-bass" is from 1927.
EXPANDbass
"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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