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Meaning of bass | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Standard
beɪs

Definitions

  1. The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of Perciformes.
    countable, uncountable
  2. serious, grave
  3. The fibrous inner bark of the linden or lime tree, used for making mats.
    countable, uncountable
  4. ISO 15924 script code for Bassa Vah
  5. A surname.
  6. A low spectrum of sound tones.
  7. A section of a musical group that produces low-pitched sound, lower than the baritone and tenor.
  8. any of numerous edible, spiny-finned, freshwater or marine fishes of the families Serranidae and Centrarchidae.
  9. Fibers from other plants, especially palm trees
    countable, uncountable
  10. A surname
  11. A place name:
  12. A rural town in Bass Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia, named after George Bass.
  13. One who sings in the bass range.
  14. solemn
  15. The lowest male voice, a true bass not only reaches low notes, but also has a deep quality. Although often given long low notes, the bass can be as vocally agile as any other singer.
  16. Anything made from such fibers, such as a hassock, basket or thick mat.
    countable, uncountable
  17. A place name: A rural town in Bass Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia, named after George Bass. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Alabama. An unincorporated community in Newton County, Arkansas. An unincorporated community in Casey County, Kentucky. An unincorporated community in Cole County, Missouri. An unincorporated community in Hardy County, West Virginia, named for the presence of bass (fish) in the local creek
  18. A number of places in the United States:
  19. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Alabama.
  20. An instrument that plays in the bass range, in particular a double bass, bass guitar, electric bass or bass synthesiser.
  21. paroxytone; stressed in the penultimate syllable
  22. Being a sound produced by a relatively small frequency of vibrations:alto, contralto, deep, low, low-pitched.
  23. A rural town in Bass Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia, named after George Bass
  24. An unincorporated community in Newton County, Arkansas.
  25. The clef sign that indicates that the pitch of the notes is below middle C; a bass clef.
  26. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
  27. (a singer having) a male voice of the lowest pitch. basstem مُغَنٍ جَهير الصَّوْت бас baixo bas, basista der Baß bas; basstemme μπάσοςbajo bass بم ترین صدای مردانه basso basseבס मन्द्र bas basszus bas bassi, bassarödd basso 低音 저음부, 베이스 bosas bass suara bes basbasstemmebas په اركسټرا كې د بم ږغ پارټ او برخه baixo bas бас bas, basista bas bas bas เสียงร้องต่ำที่สุดของนักร้องชาย bas, kalın ses 男低音 бас مردانہ آواز میں گانے والی عورت giọng nam trầm 男低音
  28. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Alabama. An unincorporated community in Newton County, Arkansas. An unincorporated community in Casey County, Kentucky. An unincorporated community in Cole County, Missouri. An unincorporated community in Hardy County, West Virginia, named for the presence of bass (fish) in the local creek
  29. An unincorporated community in Casey County, Kentucky.
  30. a type of fish of the perch family. baars سَمَك ذِئْب البَحْر: القاروس вид морска риба perca okoun der Barsch bars; havaborre λαβράκι róbalo, lubina ahven ماهی بس ahven perche דַג בָּאס समुद्री मछली grgeč, lubin (fekete) sügér nama ikan sebangsa bandeng vartari persico すずき (魚) 배스(농어류) ešerys asaris sejenis ikan baarshavabborokoń يو ډ ول ماهی perca biban окунь ostriež ostriž grgeč havsabborre ปลาน้ำจืดชนิดหนึ่งคล้ายปลาตะเพียน levrek 鱸魚 морський окунь مچھلی کی قسم cá vược 鲈鱼
  31. An unincorporated community in Cole County, Missouri.
  32. Any of various North American freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae, especially the largemouth bass and the smallmouth bass.
  33. An unincorporated community in Hardy County, West Virginia, named for the presence of bass (fish) in the local creek.
  34. Any of various marine fishes especially of the families Serranidae and Moronidae, and including the sea basses and the striped bass.
  35. A male singing voice of the lowest range.
  36. An instrument, especially a double bass or bass guitar, that produces tones in a low register.
  37. A vocal or instrumental part written in a low register.

Equivalents

العربية الباس
Български бас косту́р
Bosanski bar bas бас костур
Català baix llobarro
Cymraeg bas
Esperanto basa baso
Español bajo grave graves lubina perca robalo
Français achigan bar Bas bass basse grave perche
Galego baixo
Hrvatski bar bas бас костур
Magyar basszus sügér
Հայերեն պերկես
Bahasa Indonesia kakap
日本語 バス ベース
ქართული ბანი
Қазақша алабұға
Kurdî bajo bar baş bas
Latina Bassus perca
Lietuvių ešerys
Latviešu asaris
Te Reo Māori moeone nguru ngutoro
Nederlands baars bas
Português achigã baixo clave de fá grave perca
Română biban
Slovenščina bas
Српски bar bas бас костур
Svenska abborre bas
Tagalog lagong malagong
Türkçe baş levrek
Українська бас окунь
اردو ڈھولک

Examples

“Peter adjusted the equalizer on his audio equipment to emphasize the bass.”
“The conductor preferred to situate the bass in the middle rear, rather than to one side of the orchestra.”
“Halfway through middle school, Edgar morphed from a soprano to a bass, much to the amazement and amusement of his fellow choristers.”
“The musician swung the bass over his head like an axe and smashed it into the amplifier, creating a discordant howl of noise.”
“The score had been written without the treble and bass, but it was easy to pick out which was which based on the location of the notes on the staff.”
“BASS, 1, a door mat”
“I set off half-heartedly, as best I could sheltering my spare clothes (which were in the straw fish-bass) under my coat. […] The rain made a channel from my trilby down my neck and one handle of the fish-bass gave way.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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