bay

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.2.1.3 Derived terms 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.3.1.2 Synonyms 1.3.1.3 Derived terms 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.1.1 Translations 1.4.1.2 Derived terms 1.5 Etymology 4 1.5.1 Noun 1.5.1.1 Derived terms 1.5.2 Verb 1.5.2.1 Derived terms 1.6 Etymology 5 1.6.1 Adjective 1.6.1.1 Derived terms 1.6.2 Noun 1.6.2.1 Translations 1.7 Related terms 1.8 See also 2 Crimean Tatar 2.1 Adjective 2.1.1 Declension 3 Turkish 3.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: bā, IPA: /beɪ/, SAMPA: /beI/
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• Rhymes: -eɪ

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old French baie, from Latin baca.

[edit] Noun

bay (plural bays)

1. (obsolete) A berry.
2. A shrub of the family Lauraceae, having dark green leaves and berries.
3. The leaf of this shrub, used as a herb.

[edit] Synonyms

• bay laurel, Grecian laurel, laurel, sweet bay, true laurel

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bayberry bay laurel bay leaf bay rum

bay rum tree bay tree red bay sweet bay

[edit] Etymology 2

From French baie, from Late Latin baia.

[edit] Noun

bay (plural bays)

1. (geography) A body of water (especially the sea) more or less three-quarters surrounded by land.

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• (body of water): gulf

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• California bay

[edit] Etymology 3

From French baie, from Old French baée, from baer, from Latin badare ‘to be open’.

[edit] 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. shortened form of bay window.

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bay platform bay window bomb bay

buggy bay loading bay

[edit] Etymology 4

From Old French bay, combined with apheticised form of abay; verbal form Old French bayer, abayer.

[edit] Noun

bay (plural bays)

1. The excited barking of dogs when hunting or being attacked.
2. (by extension) The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey.

[edit] Derived terms

• at bay
• keep at bay

[edit] Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To bark.
2. (transitive) To bark at.
3. (transitive) To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds.

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• bay at the moon

[edit] Etymology 5

From French baie, from Latin badius.

[edit] Adjective

bay (comparative more bay, superlative most bay)

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

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• bay lynx

[edit] Noun

bay (uncountable)

1. (color/colour) A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.

   bay colour:

[edit] Translations

• Korean: 만

[edit] Related terms

• abeyance
• badinage
• baize
• daphne
• voe

[edit] See also

• Wikipedia article on bays in geography
• Appendix:Colours
• Wikipedia article on bay, the horse colour/color

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[edit] Crimean Tatar

[edit] Adjective

bay

1. rich

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[edit] Turkish

[edit] Noun

bay

1. sir