Refine this word faster
Bay
Definitions
- 1 Of a reddish-brown colour. especially
"Mr. Free also owned restaurants and bred horses. His bay gelding, Packett's Landing, won almost $800,000 in his five-year career in the late 1980's and early 1990's."
- 1 (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color wordnet
- 1 A region of Somalia.
- 2 Ellipsis of San Francisco Bay Area (metropolitan area in California): a geographic region of California, United States. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
- 3 A surname
- 4 Ellipsis of San Francisco Bay: a bay of the Pacific Ocean in California, United States. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
- 1 A body of water (especially the sea) contained by a concave shoreline.
"This hotel has a great view across the bay."
- 2 A tree or shrub of species Laurus nobilis (family Lauraceae), having dark green leaves and berries. countable
- 3 An opening in a wall, especially between two columns.
- 4 The excited howling of dogs when hunting or being attacked.
"The hunt is up, the morn is bright and grey, / The fields are fragrant, and the woods are green. / Uncouple here, and let us make a bay / And wake the Emperor and his lovely bride, / And rouse the Prince, and ring a hunter's peal, / That all the court may echo with the noise."
- 5 A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses. countable, uncountable
Show 23 more definitions
- 6 a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color wordnet
- 7 A bank or dam to keep back water.
- 8 Bay leaf, the leaf of this or certain other species of tree or shrub, used as a herb. uncountable
- 9 An internal recess; a compartment or area surrounded on three sides.
"Wrex: And Shepard--I like what you've done with the Normandy. Got tired of always hanging around the cargo bay before."
- 10 The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey. broadly
- 11 A horse of this color. countable, uncountable
"[…] browns are the soberest, bays are the worst tempered, and chestnuts are the most foolish."
- 12 a small recess opening off a larger room wordnet
- 13 Mahogany of species Swietenia macrophylla obtained from Campeche in Mexico. uncountable
- 14 A display unit in a shop or store, especially a large metal one
"end bay"
- 15 A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible. figuratively
"Embolden'd by despair, he stood at bay."
- 16 a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose wordnet
- 17 The leaves of this shrub, woven into a garland used to reward a champion or victor; hence, fame, victory. archaic, countable, in-plural, uncountable
"both you here with many a cursed oth, / Sweare she is yours, and stirre vp bloudie frayes, / To win a willow bough, whilest other weares the bayes."
- 18 The distance between two supports in a vault or building with a pitched roof.
- 19 a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital wordnet
- 20 A tract covered with bay trees. US, countable, dialectal, uncountable
- 21 Each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships.
- 22 the sound of a hound on the scent wordnet
- 23 A berry. countable, obsolete, uncountable
- 24 A bay platform.
"There is a short bay at the west end of each platform, but neither is used for passenger trains."
- 25 an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf wordnet
- 26 A bay window.
- 27 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 wordnet
- 28 A room for editing video footage or physical film.
- 1 To howl. intransitive
"The hounds at nearer distance hoarsely bay'd."
- 2 bark with prolonged noises, of dogs wordnet
- 3 To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay. transitive
"to bay the bear"
- 4 utter in deep prolonged tones wordnet
- 5 To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds. transitive
Etymology
From French baie, from Late Latin baia, probably ultimately from Iberian or Basque badia. Partly displaced native Old English byht, whence bight.
From Middle English baye, baie, from Old English beġ (“berry”), as in beġbēam (“berry-tree”), conflated with Old French baie, from Latin bāca (“berry”).
From Middle English, from Old French baee, beee, from the verb beer (“gape open”), from Early Medieval Latin batāre. Compare Modern French baie. More at bevel, badinage.
From Old French bay, combined with aphetized form of abay; verbal form of baier, abaier.
From Old French bay, combined with aphetized form of abay; verbal form of baier, abaier.
From Middle English bay, bai, from Old French bai, from Latin badius (“reddish brown, chestnut”).
From Middle English bay, bai, from Old French bai, from Latin badius (“reddish brown, chestnut”).
From Somali [Term?].
From bay.
From bay.
See also for "bay"
Next best steps
Mini challenge
Want a quick game? Try Word Finder.