Definitions for bass
bæsbass

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bassnoun

   the lowest part of the musical range

2. bass, bass partnoun

   the lowest part in polyphonic music

3. bass, bassonoun

   an adult male singer with the lowest voice

4. sea bass, bassnoun

   the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae

5. freshwater bass, bassnoun

   any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus)

6. bass, bass voice, bassonoun

   the lowest adult male singing voice

7. bassnoun

   the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments

8. bassadjective

   nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes

9. bass, deepadjective

   having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range

   "a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bassadjective

   In musick; grave; deep.

2. Bassnoun

   A mat used in churches.

   Etymology: supposed by Junius to be derived, like basket, from some British word signifying a rush; but perhaps more properly written boss, from the French bosse.

   Having woollen yarn, bass mat, or such like, to bind them withal. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bass

   of Bass

2. Bassnoun

   an edible, spiny-finned fish, esp. of the genera Roccus, Labrax, and related genera. There are many species

3. Bassnoun

   the two American fresh-water species of black bass (genus Micropterus). See Black bass

4. Bassnoun

   species of Serranus, the sea bass and rock bass. See Sea bass

5. Bassnoun

   the southern, red, or channel bass (Sciaena ocellata). See Redfish

6. Bassnoun

   the linden or lime tree, sometimes wrongly called whitewood; also, its bark, which is used for making mats. See Bast

7. Bassnoun

   a hassock or thick mat

8. Bassadjective

   a bass, or deep, sound or tone

9. Bassadjective

   the lowest part in a musical composition

10. Bassadjective

    one who sings, or the instrument which plays, bass

11. Bassadjective

    deep or grave in tone

12. Bassverb

    to sound in a deep tone

FreebaseRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bass

   Bass describes musical instruments that produce tones in the low-pitched range. They belong to different families of instruments and can cover a wide range of musical roles. Since producing low pitches usually requires a long air column or string, the string and wind bass instruments are usually the largest instruments in their families or instrument classes. As seen in the musical instrument classification article, categorizing instruments can be difficult. For example, some instruments fall into more than one category. The cello is considered a tenor instrument in some orchestral settings, but in a string quartet it is the bass instrument. Examples grouped by general form and playing technique include: ⁕Double bass from the viol or violin family ⁕Bass guitar and acoustic bass guitar, instruments shaped, constructed and held like guitars, that play in the bass range. The electric bass guitar is usually the instrument referred to as a "bass" in pop and rock music.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bass

   bās, n. the low or grave part in music.—adj. low, deep, grave.—v.t. to sound in a deep tone.—ns. Bass′-horn, a musical wind-instrument, a modification of the bassoon, much lower and deeper in its tones; Thor′ough-bass, the theory of harmony. [See Base, low.]

2. Bass

   Basse, bas, n. a marine fish allied to the perch. [A.S. bærs; cf. Ger. bars, the perch.]

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bass

   Common name for FISHES belonging to the order Perciformes and occurring in three different families.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bass

   A soft sedge or rush (Juncus lævis), of which coarse kinds of rope and matting are made. A Gaelic term for the blade of an oar.

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1. BASS

   What does BASS stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the BASS acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

2. Bass

   Base vs. Bass -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Base and Bass.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BASS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bass is ranked #589 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Bass surname appeared 57,044 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 19 would have the surname Bass.
   
   69.1% or 39,463 total occurrences were White.
   24.5% or 13,993 total occurrences were Black.
   2.7% or 1,552 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.3% or 1,318 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.7% or 439 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.4% or 280 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Freshwater Fish
   • Musical Instrument
   • Part
   • Pitch
   • Saltwater Fish
   • Singer
   • Singing Voice

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'bass' in Nouns Frequency: #2968

How to pronounce bass?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say bass in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bass in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bass in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of bass in a Sentence

1. Moe Vela:

   After I asked Lance Bass to join, Lance Bass took 20 minutes to call me back and said,' I'm in,'.

2. Chris Frangou:

   Everybody plays electric guitar, thats why I decided to play bass!

3. P. G. Wodehouse:

   “As a sleuth you are poor. You couldn’t detect a bass-drum in a telephone-booth.”

4. Simon Hanson:

   Drummers can have the effect of two bass drums by having a pedal which is double where you only have one and the mechanism will play as if it's a double bass drum. It's similar to that in a way, i think because the drummer's not directly controlling it from his brain - although it looks like might be able to do that in the future, which has its own complications - it would for me be an add-on to a kit so I could trigger a sample or a different instrument. The basic drum kit is great. Two hands are okay and when I'm producing and there's other drummers playing I get them to play with one hand because I think drums with one hand sounds better in many ways.

5. Jason Sudeikis:

   You know every person [on the show] has added something to it, sometimes it’s just what you hear people talking about, or a conversation I’ve had off-camera. An example of that would be Jeremy Swift, who plays Higgins, he and I are talking about music one day and he’s explaining to me his passion for jazz, now he plays standup bass, and I’m kinda like, ‘Oh, I think Higgins is gonna get his goatee back, his jazz goatee, and he’s gonna play that bass.’ And that’s just something I learned at Second City in Chicago, where you’re writing a show as an actor.

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