bass

«bass» in Mova's school dictionary: the lowest notes or sounds in music — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) Bass (said «base») means the lowest notes or sounds in music. tree →

2) A bass is a bass guitar or a double bass, a large string instrument that plays low notes. tree →

3) A bass is a man with a very deep singing voice. tree →

4) A bass (said «bas», to rhyme with «gas») is a kind of fish. tree →

sense 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 →
• My brother plays bass in a band. tree →
• He sings bass in the choir. tree →
• We caught a sea bass off the pier. tree →
• The bass drum went boom boom. tree →
• Low notes are written in the bass clef. tree →
• The first to dance in the hot oil were the mullets, the bass followed, then the whitefish, the flounders, and the anchovies. tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• The rhythm section is the bass and drums together, which hold the beat; the bass plays the low notes.
• In the string family bigger instruments play lower: from highest to lowest they are violin, viola, cello and double bass.
• Fast wobbles sound high and slow wobbles sound low, so a tiny ukulele squeaks and a huge double bass booms.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bass» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.