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# bass

noun (a bass, basses); adjective (bass); noun (a bass — fish, plural bass)

«bass» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Bass (said «base») means the lowest notes or sounds in music. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bass/#m1)
2. A bass is a bass guitar or a double bass, a large string instrument that plays low notes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bass/#m2)
3. A bass is a man with a very deep singing voice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bass/#m3)
4. A bass (said «bas», to rhyme with «gas») is a kind of fish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bass/#m4)

### In the lessons

In music lessons, the bass line is the low part that keeps the rhythm; the bass clef is a sign for low notes. In science, low pitch means slow vibrations. Anglers catch bass in lakes and the sea.

### Examples

- Turn the bass down — the windows are shaking! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bass/#x1)
- My brother plays bass in a band. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bass/#x2)
- He sings bass in the choir. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bass/#x3)
- We caught a sea bass off the pier. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bass/#x4)
- The bass drum went boom boom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bass/#x5)
- Low notes are written in the bass clef. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bass/#x6)
- The first to dance in the hot oil were the mullets, the bass followed, then the whitefish, the flounders, and the anchovies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bass/#x7)

### Note

One spelling, two pronunciations: «base» (music) and «bas» (fish). Homophone: bass (music) sounds like «base». Fish plural: bass.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bass» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bass/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bass» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bass.html) on Mova free.