bay
Speech parts
1. bay - Noun
2. bay - Adjective
3. bay - Verb
4. bay - Adverb
5. bay - Pronoun
6. bay - Interjection
7. bay - Adjective Satellite
8. Bay - Proper noun
Meaning
Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses.
An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character.
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.
A recess or indentation shaped like a 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.
A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks.
A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay.
A berry, particularly of the laurel.
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.
A tract covered with bay trees.
To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game.
To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear.
Deep-toned, prolonged barking.
A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
To bathe.
A bank or dam to keep back water.
To dam, as water; -- with up or back.
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Teamwork is what the Green Bay Packers were all about. They didn't do it for individual glory. They did it because they loved one another.
The channel is known only to the natives; so that if any stranger should enter into the bay without one of their pilots he would run great danger of shipwreck.
On the road to Mandalay, Where the flyin'-fishes play, An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay.
Many become brave when brought to bay.
What does the moon care if the dogs bay at her?
A good life, they say, keeps wrinkles at bay.