BAY
\bˈe͡ɪ], \bˈeɪ], \b_ˈeɪ]\
Definitions of BAY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color
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a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose; "he opened the bomb bay"
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a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital; "they put him in the sick bay"
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the sound of a hound on the scent
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an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
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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
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(used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color
By Princeton University
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a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color
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a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose; "he opened the bomb bay"
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a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital; "they put him in the sick bay"
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the sound of a hound on the scent
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an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
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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
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(used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character.
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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.
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A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.
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A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks.
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A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay.
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A berry, particularly of the laurel.
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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.
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A tract covered with bay trees.
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To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game.
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To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear.
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Deep-toned, prolonged barking.
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A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
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A bank or dam to keep back water.
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Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; - applied to the color of horses.
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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..
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To dam, as water; - with up or back.
By Oddity Software
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An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character.
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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.
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A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.
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A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks.
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A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay.
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A berry, particularly of the laurel.
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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.
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A tract covered with bay trees.
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To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game.
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To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear.
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Deep-toned, prolonged barking.
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A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
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A bank or dam to keep back water.
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Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; - applied to the color of horses.
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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..
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To dam, as water; - with up or back.
By Noah Webster.
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A curve or inlet in the shore of a sea or lake; the body of water between two capes or headlands; a recess or opening in walls; a place for storing coal; the fore part of a ship between decks; the laurel-tree, noble laurel, or sweet-bay; an honorary garland or crown, composed of woven laurel leaves, given as a prize to conquerors and successful poets; the deep toned, prolonged bark of a dog; state or position of anyone obliged to face an enemy or other pursuer when no escape is possible; as, to stand at bay; a horse of a red or reddish color approaching to chestnut.
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To bark with a deep sound, as hounds, in the chase.
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To bark at; to pursue with barking.
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Red or reddish approaching to chestnut; applied to horses.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Reddish-brown inclining to chestnut.
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The laurel-tree:-pl. an honorary garland or crown of victory, orig. of laurel: literary excellence.
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An inlet of the sea, an inward bend of the shore; also, in the U. S., applied to a tract of low swampy land covered with bay-trees.
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To bark, as a dog at his game.
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To bark at: to follow with barking.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To bark at; drive; bark hoarsely.
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Red-brown; said of horses.
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A body of water partly enclosed by land; an arm of the sea.
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Any recess.
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A coarse mahogany. Baywood.
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The laurel-tree. Baytree.
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A laurel-wreath; poetic renown.
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A deep bark, as of dogs in hunting.
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The situation of a hunted creature compelled to turn on its pursuers.
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A large space in a barn for hay.
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A compartment or division between piers or columns.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin] An inlet of trio sea smaller than a gulf ;-a principal compartment or division in a building ;-a place in a barn for depositing hay.
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n. [Latin] The laurel-tree ; an honorary garland or crown made of laurel;- pi. literary excellence.
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n. A state of defence and defense when escape has become impossible.
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