1. (a.) Low or deep in tone.\

2. (n.) An edible, spiny-finned fish, esp. of the genera Roccus, Labrax, and related genera. There are many species.

3. (n.) The two American fresh-water species of black bass (genus Micropterus). See Black bass.

4. (n.) Species of Serranus, the sea bass and rock bass. See Sea bass.

5. (n.) The southern, red, or channel bass (Sciaena ocellata). See Redfish.

6. (n.) The linden or lime tree, sometimes wrongly called whitewood; also, its bark, which is used for making mats. See Bast.

7. (n.) A hassock or thick mat.

8. (n.) A bass, or deep, sound or tone.

9. (n.) The lowest part in a musical composition.

10. (a.) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, bass.

11. (a.) Deep or grave in tone.

12. (v. t.) To sound in a deep tone.

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