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Definition of 'bay'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) bay
a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.

2.  bay
a recess of land, partly surrounded by hills.

3.  bay
an arm of a prairie or swamp, extending into woods.

4. (n.) bay
any of a number of similar major vertical divisions of a large interior, wall, etc., defined by columns, vaulting, or the like.

5.  bay
a recess in a wall, usu. containing a window.

6.  bay
any portion of an airplane set off by two successive bulkheads or other bracing members.

7.  bay
a compartment in an aircraft:
a cargo bay.

8.  bay
a compartment in a barn for storing hay.

9.  bay
Also called

10. (n.) bay
a deep, prolonged howl, as of a hound on the scent.

11.  bay
the position of an animal that is forced to face and resist pursuers, or of a person forced to face a foe or difficulty:
Hounds held the stag at bay.

12.  bay
the position of the pursuers or foe thus kept off:
The bear kept the hunters at bay.

13. (v.i.) bay
to howl, esp. with a deep, prolonged sound:
a hound baying at the moon.

14. (v.t.) bay
to assail with deep, prolonged howling.

15.  bay
to express by howling.

16.  bay
to bring to or to hold at bay.

17. (n.) bay
any of various laurellike trees or shrubs.

18.  bay
an honorary garland or crown bestowed for military victory, literary excellence, etc.

19.  bay
bays, fame; renown.

20. (n.) bay
a horse having a reddish-brown body and black mane, tail, and lower legs.

21.  bay
reddish brown.

22. (adj.) bay
(esp. of a horse) reddish-brown.

Etymology: (1300–50; ME < MF bai < L badius; cf. OIr buide yellow)

Definition of 'bay'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) bay, embayment
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf

2. (noun) bay
the sound of a hound on the scent

3. (noun) true laurel, bay, bay laurel, bay tree, Laurus nobilis
small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors

4. (noun) bay
a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital
"they put him in the sick bay"

5. (noun) bay
a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose
"he opened the bomb bay"

6. (noun) alcove, bay
a small recess opening off a larger room

7. (adj) bay
a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color

8. (verb) bay
(used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color

9. (verb) bay
utter in deep prolonged tones

10. (verb) bay, quest
bark with prolonged noises, of dogs

Definition of 'bay'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) bay
an area of coast that forms a deep curve
the Bay of Bengal; boats taking shelter in the bay

2. bay
keep/hold sth at bay
to prevent sth unwanted from beginning or affecting you
Drugs can help keep the disease at bay.

Definition of 'bay'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) bay
reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses

2. (noun) bay
an inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character

3. (noun) bay
a small body of water set off from the main body; as a compartment containing water for a wheel; the portion of a canal just outside of the gates of a lock, etc

4. (noun) bay
a recess or indentation shaped like a bay

5. (noun) bay
a principal compartment of the walls, roof, or other part of a building, or of the whole building, as marked off by the buttresses, vaulting, mullions of a window, etc.; one of the main divisions of any structure, as the part of a bridge between two piers

6. (noun) bay
a compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks

7. (noun) bay
a kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay

8. (noun) bay
a berry, particularly of the laurel

9. (noun) bay
the laurel tree (Laurus nobilis). Hence, in the plural, an honorary garland or crown bestowed as a prize for victory or excellence, anciently made or consisting of branches of the laurel

10. (noun) bay
a tract covered with bay trees

11. (noun) bay
a bank or dam to keep back water

12. (verb) bay
to bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game

13. (verb) bay
to bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear

14. (verb) bay
deep-toned, prolonged barking

15. (verb) bay
a state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible

16. (verb) bay
to bathe

17. (verb) bay
to dam, as water; -- with up or back

Translation of 'bay'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a wide inward bend of a coastline anchored in the bay; Botany Bay.
Afrikaans: baai	Arabic: خَليج، شَرْم	Bulgarian: залив
Brazilian: baía	Czech: záliv, zátoka	German: die Bucht
Danish: bugt; vig	Greek: κόλπος	Spanish: bahía
Estonian: laht	Farsi: خلیج کوچک	Finnish: lahti
French: baie	Hebrew: מִפְרַץ	Hindi: खाड़ी
Croatian: zaljev	Hungarian: öböl	Indonesian: teluk
Icelandic: flói	Italian: baia	Japanese: 湾
Korean: 만, 후미	Lithuanian: įlanka	Latvian: līcis
Malay: teluk	Dutch: baai	Norwegian: bukt, vik
Polish: zatoka	Persian: خلیج کوچک	Pashto: خليج، هغه د اوبو ټوټه چي
Portuguese: baía	Romanian: golf	Russian: залив, бухта
Slovak: záliv, zátoka	Slovenian: zaliv	Serbian: zaliv
Swedish: vik, bukt	Thai: อ่าว	Turkish: körfez
Taiwanese: 海灣	Ukrainian: бухта	Urdu: خلیج ، کھاڑی
Vietnamese: vịnh	Chinese: 海湾
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