bass : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a large clarinet whose range is an octave below the B-flat clarinet
  

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• noun a clef that puts the F below middle C on the fourth line of a staff
  F clef.
  

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• (Mus.), the character placed at the beginning of the staff containing the bass part of a musical composition. [See Illust. under Clef.]

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• noun a large drum with two heads; makes a sound of indefinite but very low pitch
  gran casa.
  

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Bass` drum"

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1. (Mus.) The largest of the different kinds of drums, having two heads, and emitting a deep, grave sound. See Bass, a.

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• noun largest and lowest member of the violin family
  bass viol; bass fiddle; contrabass; bull fiddle; double bass.
  

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• noun the guitar with six strings that has the lowest pitch
  

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• noun the lowest brass wind instrument
  sousaphone; tuba.
  

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Bass" horn"

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1. (Mus.) A modification of the bassoon, much deeper in tone.

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• noun the lowest part in polyphonic music
  bass.
  

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• noun viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello
  viola da gamba; gamba.
  
• noun largest and lowest member of the violin family
  bass viol; bass fiddle; contrabass; bull fiddle; double bass.
  

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Bass" vi`ol

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1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of the viol family, used for playing bass. See 3d Bass, n., and Violoncello.

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• noun the lowest adult male singing voice
  basso; bass.
  

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• a deepsounding voice; a voice fitted for singing bass.

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Bass"-re*lief` noun

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1. Some as Bas-relief.

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• noun bluish black-striped sea bass of the Atlantic coast of the United States
  Centropistes striata; black bass.
  
• noun widely distributed and highly prized American freshwater game fishes (sunfish family)
  

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Black" bass`

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(Zoöl.)

1. An edible, fresh-water fish of the United States, of the genus Micropterus. the small-mouthed kind is M. dolomiei; the largemouthed is M. salmoides.
2. The sea bass. See Blackfish, 3.

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• noun bluish black-striped sea bass of the Atlantic coast of the United States
  Centropistes striata; black bass.
  

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• noun small marine fish with black mouth and gill cavity
  Synagrops bellus.
  

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• (Zoöl.), an edible, fresh-water fish (Pomoxys sparaides) of the rivers and lake of the Western United States (esp. of the Misissippi valley.), allied to the sunfishes, and so called from its variegated colors; called also calicoback, grass bass, strawberry bass, barfish, and bitterhead.

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• noun large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico
  red drum; redfish; Sciaenops ocellatus.
  

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• (Mus.), a bass continued through an entire piece of music, while the other parts of the harmony are indicated by figures beneath the bass; the same as thorough bass or figured bass; basso continuo. [It.]

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• (Mus.), the largest and lowest-toned instrument in the violin form; the contrabasso or violone.

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• noun largest and lowest member of the violin family
  bass viol; bass fiddle; contrabass; bull fiddle; double bass.
  

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• adjective satellite pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range
  contrabass.
  
  • contrabass or double-bass clarinet

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• noun a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played
  continuo; basso continuo; figured bass.
  

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• . See Continued bass, under Continued.

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• noun any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus)
  bass.
  
• noun North American food and game fish
  

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• (Mus.), the root note of a chord; a bass formed of the roots or fundamental tones of the chords.

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• (Zoöl.), the calico bass.

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• noun a short melody in the bass that is constantly repeated
  

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• (Mus.), fundamental base; a fundamental base continually repeated to a varied melody.

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• noun a variety of black bass
  Micropterus pseudoplites; Kentucky black bass.
  

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• noun flesh of largemouth bass
  
• noun a large black bass; the angle of the jaw falls behind the eye
  largemouth; largemouth bass; largemouth black bass; largemouthed bass; Micropterus salmoides.
  

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• noun a large black bass; the angle of the jaw falls behind the eye
  largemouth; largemouth bass; largemouth black bass; largemouthed bass; Micropterus salmoides.
  

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• noun a large black bass; the angle of the jaw falls behind the eye
  largemouth; largemouth bass; largemouth black bass; largemouthed bass; Micropterus salmoides.
  

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• noun a large black bass; the angle of the jaw falls behind the eye
  largemouth; largemouth bass; largemouth black bass; largemouthed bass; Micropterus salmoides.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a fresh-water fish (Acantharchum pomotis) of the Eastern United States. It produces a deep grunting note.

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• . (Zoöl.) See Redfish (d).

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• noun a kind of sea bass
  rock bass; Centropristis philadelphica.
  
• noun game and food fish of upper Mississippi and Great Lakes
  rock sunfish; Ambloplites rupestris.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) The stripped bass . See under Bass. (b) The goggle-eye. (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called rock bass.

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• noun a kind of sea bass
  rock bass; Centropristis philadelphica.
  

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• noun the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae
  bass.
  
• noun any of various food and sport fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States having an elongated body and long spiny dorsal fin
  

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Sea" bass`

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1. (). (Zoöl.) (a) A large marine food fish (Serranus, ∨ Centropristis, atrarius) which abounds on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It is dark bluish, with black bands, and more or less varied with small white spots and blotches. Called also, locally, blue bass, black sea bass, blackfish, bluefish, and black perch. (b) A California food fish (Cynoscion nobile); -- called also white sea bass, and sea salmon.

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• noun flesh of smallmouth bass
  
• noun a variety of black bass; the angle of the jaw falls below the eye
  smallmouth; smallmouth bass; smallmouth black bass; smallmouthed bass; Micropterus dolomieu.
  

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• noun a variety of black bass; the angle of the jaw falls below the eye
  smallmouth; smallmouth bass; smallmouth black bass; smallmouthed bass; Micropterus dolomieu.
  

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• noun a variety of black bass; the angle of the jaw falls below the eye
  smallmouth; smallmouth bass; smallmouth black bass; smallmouthed bass; Micropterus dolomieu.
  

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• noun a variety of black bass; the angle of the jaw falls below the eye
  smallmouth; smallmouth bass; smallmouth black bass; smallmouthed bass; Micropterus dolomieu.
  

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• noun a variety of black bass
  Micropterus pseudoplites; Kentucky black bass.
  

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• noun brown fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean found around rocks and shipwrecks
  wreckfish; Polyprion americanus.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus Serranus and allied genera, as Serranus Couchii, and Polyprion cernium of Europe; called also sea perch.

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• . (Zoöl.) See Calico bass, under Calico.

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• noun largest and lowest member of the violin family
  bass viol; bass fiddle; contrabass; bull fiddle; double bass.
  

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• noun caught along the Atlantic coast of the United States
  striper.
  
• noun marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone
  striper; Roccus saxatilis; rockfish.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See under Bass.

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Sub"-bass` noun

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1. (Mus.) The deepest pedal stop, or the lowest tones of an organ; the fundamental or ground bass. Written also sub-base. Ayliffe.

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• noun a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played
  continuo; basso continuo; figured bass.
  

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• . See Thorough bass.

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• (Zoöl.), a fresh-water North American bass (Roccus chrysops) found in the Great Likes.

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• noun North American freshwater bass resembling the larger marine striped bass
  Morone interrupta.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a North American fresh-water bass (Morone interrupta) native of the lower parts of the Mississippi and its tributaries. It is yellow, with several more or less broken black stripes or bars. Called also barfish.

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