Bass

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. ; pl. Bass, and sometimes Basses. Etym: [A corruption of barse.] (Zoöl.)

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

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

4. Species of Serranus, the sea bass and rock bass. See Sea bass.

5. The southern, red, or channel bass (Sciæna ocellata). See Redfish.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. 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.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A bass, or deep, sound or tone.

2. The lowest part in a musical composition.

3. One who sings, or the instrument which plays, bass. [Written also base.] Thorough bass. See Thorough bass.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To sound in a deep tone. [R.] Shak.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

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. [See Illust. under Clef.] -- Bass voice, a deepsounding voice; a voice fitted for singing bass.