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
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing 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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In anatomy, a recess containing fluid, noting specifically the lacrymal bay, a slight recess at the internal angle or canthus of the eye, in which are the puncta lacrimalia, or openings of the lacrymal ducts.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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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
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To bark, as a dog at his game.
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Inclining to a chestnut colour, as a horse.
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A recess of the sea, caused by a bend inward of the land; a roadstead; a pond formed by a dam, for the purpose of driving mill-wheels; that part on each side between decks which lies between the bitts; a recess or opening in walls.
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The laurel-tree. See Bays.
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To bark at; to follow with barking; so to chase as to bring to bay. At bay, the state of being compelled to turn upon pursuers from an inability to escape. To keep at bay, to ward off an attack, or to keep an enemy from closing in; also, to watch, as, to keep a man at bay.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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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Brown or reddish; inclining to a chestnut colour.
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An arm of the sea bending into the land; state of being hemmed in.
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The bark of a dog when his prey is brought to a stand : at bay, at a stand, and turned to keep the enemy in check; a stag is at bay when he turns and faces his pursuers.
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The laurel-tree, which bears red berries.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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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.