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Definition bay

Etymology 1

From Middle English baye, baie, from Old English be? (�berry�), as in be?b?am (�berry-tree�), conflated with Old French baie, from Latin b?ca (�berry�).

Noun

bay (plural bays)

1. (obsolete) A berry.
2. Laurus nobilis, a tree or shrub of the family Lauraceae, having dark green leaves and berries.
3. Bay leaf, the leaf of this or certain other species of tree or shrub, used as a herb.
4. (in the plural, now rare) The leaves of this shrub, woven into a garland used to reward a champion or victor; hence, fame, victory.
5. (US, dialectal) A tract covered with bay trees.
6. A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeche in Mexico.

Etymology 2

From French baie, from Late Latin baia, probably ultimately from Iberian or Basque badia.

Noun

bay (plural bays)

1. (geography) A body of water (especially the sea) more or less three-quarters surrounded by land.
2. A bank or dam to keep back water.

Etymology 3

From French baie, from Old French ba�, masculine singular past participle of the verb baer, from Vulgar Latin *bad? (�I am open�). More at bevel, badinage.

Noun

bay (plural bays)

1. An opening in a wall, especially between two columns.
2. An internal recess; a compartment or area surrounded on three sides.
3. The distance between two supports in a vault or building with a pitched roof.
4. (nautical) Each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships.
5. (rail transport) A bay platform.
6. A bay window.

Etymology 4

From Old French bay, combined with aphesized form of abay; verbal form of baier, abaier.

Noun

bay (plural bays)

1. The excited howling of dogs when hunting or being attacked.
2. (by extension) The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey.
3. (figuratively) A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.

Verb

bay (third-person singular simple present bays, present participle baying, simple past and past participle bayed)

1. (intransitive) To howl.
2. (transitive) To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay.
3. (transitive) To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds.

Etymology 5

From French baie, from Latin badius (�reddish brown, chestnut�).

Adjective

bay (comparative more bay, superlative most bay)

1. Of a reddish-brown colour (especially of horses).

Noun

bay (uncountable)

1. A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.
2. A horse of this color.

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