bace
English
Etymology 1
From dialectal English (compare Old Scots bais, base (“to beat soundly”)), probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish bas (“a beating, flogging”), Swedish basa (“to beat, flog”), Danish bask (“a lash, blow”), Danish baske (“to beat, strike, flap”). Cognate with Scots baiss (“to beat, drub”). More at bash, box.
Noun
bace (plural baces)
- (rare) A blow; a drubbing.
Noun
bace (plural baces)
- Obsolete form of base.
Adjective
bace (comparative more bace, superlative most bace)
- Obsolete form of base.
Verb
bace (third-person singular simple present baces, present participle bacing, simple past and past participle baced)
- Obsolete form of base.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for bace in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- ABEC, Cabe
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English bærs, from Proto-West Germanic *bars, from Proto-Germanic *barsaz.
Alternative forms
- bærs, bars, base
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bars/, /bas/, /baːs/
Noun
bace
- bass (fish)
Descendants
- English: bass, barse
References
- “bās, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-28.
Adjective
bace
- Alternative form of bas
Noun
bace
- Alternative form of base
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈba.t͡sɛ/
- Rhymes: -at͡sɛ
- Syllabification: ba‧ce
Noun
bace f
- dative/locative singular of baka
Romanian
Noun
bace f pl
- plural of bacă