pl of bass.
2. bass ·adj deep or grave in tone.
3. bass ·noun a hassock or thick mat.
4. bass ·vt to sound in a deep tone.
5. bass ·adj a bass, or deep, sound or tone.
6. bass ·adj the lowest part in a musical composition.
7. bass ·adj one who sings, or the instrument which plays, bass.
8. bass ·noun species of serranus, the sea bass and rock bass. ·see sea bass.
9. bass ·noun the two american fresh-water species of black bass (genus micropterus). ·see black bass.
10. bass ·noun the southern, red, or channel bass (sciaena ocellata). ·see redfish.
11. bass ·noun an edible, spiny-finned fish, ·esp. of the genera roccus, labrax, and related genera. there are many species.
12. bass ·noun the linden or lime tree, sometimes wrongly called whitewood; also, its bark, which is used for making mats. ·see bast.