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    bay
    [bā]
    noun
    bay (noun) · bays (plural noun)
    1. a broad inlet of the sea where the land curves inward:
      "the Bay of Biscay" · "San Francisco Bay"
      • an indentation or recess in a range of hills or mountains.
    Origin
    late Middle English: from Old French baie, from Old Spanish bahia, of unknown origin.
    bay
    [bā]
    noun
    bay (noun) · bays (plural noun) · bay laurel (noun) · bay laurels (plural noun) · sweet bay (noun) · sweet bays (plural noun) · bay tree (noun) · bay trees (plural noun)
    1. an evergreen Mediterranean shrub of the laurel family, with deep green leaves and purple berries. Its aromatic leaves are used in cooking and were formerly used to make triumphal crowns for victors.
    2. an aromatic tree or shrub of North America, especially the bayberry used in the preparation of bay rum.
    Origin
    late Middle English (denoting the laurel berry): from Old French baie, from Latin baca ‘berry’.
    bay
    [bā]
    noun
    bay (noun) · bays (plural noun)
    1. a space created by a window-line projecting outward from a wall.
      • a section of wall between two buttresses or columns, especially in the nave of a church.
    2. a compartment with a particular function in a motor vehicle, aircraft, or ship:
      "a bomb bay" · "an engine bay"
      • an area allocated or marked off for a specified purpose:
        "a loading bay"
      • computing
        a cabinet, or a space in the cabinet, into which an electronic device is installed:
        "a drive bay"
    Origin
    late Middle English: from Old French baie, from baer ‘to gape’, from medieval Latin batare, of unknown origin.
    bay
    [bā]
    adjective
    bay (adjective)
    1. (of a horse) brown with black points:
      "a boy on a dark bay horse"
    noun
    bay (noun) · bays (plural noun)
    1. a bay horse:
      "two black horses and a bay graze nearby"
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old French bai, from Latin badius.
    bay
    [bā]
    verb
    bay (verb) · bays (third person present) · bayed (past tense) · bayed (past participle) · baying (present participle)
    1. (of a dog, especially a large one) bark or howl loudly:
      "the dogs bayed" · "a jackal baying at the moon"
      • (of a group of people) shout loudly, typically to demand something:
        "as a mob bayed below, the king was dead"
      • archaic
        bay at:
        "a pack of wolves baying at the moon"
    noun
    bay (noun) · bays (plural noun)
    1. the sound of baying, especially that of hounds in close pursuit of their quarry:
      "the bloodhounds' heavy bay"
    Origin
    Middle English (as a noun): from Old French (a)bai (noun), (a)baiier (verb) ‘to bark’, of imitative origin.
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    noun
    1. a broad inlet of the sea where the land curves inward:
      cove
      inlet
      estuary
      indentation
      gulf
      basin
      fjord
      ria
      sound
      arm
      bight
      firth
      anchorage
      (sea) loch
      lough
      natural harbor
      noun
      1. a space created by a window-line projecting outward from a wall.
        alcove
        recess
        niche
        nook
        cubbyhole
        opening
        hollow
        cavity
        corner
        indentation
        booth
        apse
        inglenook
        verb
        1. (of a dog, especially a large one) bark or howl loudly:
          howl
          bark
          yelp
          yap
          cry
          growl
          bellow
          roar
          clamor
          snarl
          ululate
        noun
        1. the sound of baying, especially that of hounds in close pursuit of their quarry:
          baying
          howl
          howling
          bark
          barking
          cry
          crying
          growl
          growling
          bellow
          bellowing
          roar
          roaring
          clamor
          clamoring
          ululation
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