Meaning of bay | Babel Free

Definitions

1. bay (geographical feature)
2. The excited howling of dogs when hunting or being attacked.
3. A region of Somalia.
4. Ellipsis of San Francisco Bay Area (metropolitan area in California): a geographic region of California, United States.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
5. A surname
6. A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.
   countable, uncountable
7. A body of water (especially the sea) contained by a concave shoreline.
8. A tree or shrub of species Laurus nobilis (family Lauraceae), having dark green leaves and berries.
   countable
9. An opening in a wall, especially between two columns.
10. The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey.
    broadly
11. Ellipsis of San Francisco Bay: a bay of the Pacific Ocean in California, United States.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
12. A horse of this color.
    countable, uncountable
13. A bank or dam to keep back water.
14. Bay leaf, the leaf of this or certain other species of tree or shrub, used as a herb.
    uncountable
15. An internal recess; a compartment or area surrounded on three sides.
16. A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
    figuratively
17. Mahogany of species Swietenia macrophylla obtained from Campeche in Mexico.
    uncountable
18. A display unit in a shop or store, especially a large metal one
19. The distance between two supports in a vault or building with a pitched roof.
20. The leaves of this shrub, woven into a garland used to reward a champion or victor; hence, fame, victory.
    archaic, countable, in-plural, uncountable
21. Each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships.
22. A tract covered with bay trees.
    US, countable, dialectal, uncountable
23. A bay platform.
24. A berry.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
25. A bay window.
26. A room for editing video footage or physical film.

Equivalents

Examples

“This hotel has a great view across the bay.”

“'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.”

“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.”

“The patriot's honours and the poet's bays.”

“Wrex: And Shepard--I like what you've done with the Normandy. Got tired of always hanging around the cargo bay before.”

“A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays.”

“end bay”

“gondola bay”

“wall bay”

“There is a short bay at the west end of each platform, but neither is used for passenger trains.”

“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.”

“Embolden'd by despair, he stood at bay.”

“The most terrible evils are just kept at bay by incessant efforts.”

“[…] browns are the soberest, bays are the worst tempered, and chestnuts are the most foolish.”

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