bass

bass
1.
n. & adj.
—n.
1 a the lowest adult male singing voice. b a singer with this voice. c a part written for it.
2 the lowest part in harmonized music.
3 a an instrument that is the lowest in pitch in its family. b its player.
4 colloq. a a bass guitar or double-bass. b its player.
5 the low-frequency output of a radio, record-player, etc., corresponding to the bass in music.
—adj.
1 lowest in musical pitch.
2 deep-sounding.
Phrases and idioms:
bass clef a clef placing F below middle C on the second highest line of the staff. bass viol
1 a a viola da gamba. b its player.
2 US a double-bass.
Derivatives:
bassist n. (in sense 4).
Etymology: alt. of BASE(2) after It. basso
2.
n. (pl. same or basses)
1 the common perch.
2 a a marine fish of the family Serranidae, with spiny fins. b a similar N. American marine fish, Morone saxatilis.
3 any of various American freshwater fish, esp. Micropterus salmoides.
Etymology: earlier barse f. OE baeligrs
3.
n. = BAST.
Etymology: alt. f. BAST

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