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B0121900 (bā)n.1. A body of water partially enclosed by land but with a wide mouth, affording access to the sea: the Bay of Biscay.2. An area of land, such as an arm of prairie partially enclosed by woodland, that resembles in shape or formation a partially enclosed body of water.

[Middle English, from Old French baie, perhaps from baer, to open out, gape; see bay².]

bay²

B0121900 (bā)n.1. Architecture A part of a building marked off by vertical elements, such as columns or pilasters: an arcade divided into ten bays.2. Architecture a. A bay window.b. An opening or recess in a wall.3. A section or compartment, as in a service station, barn, or aircraft, that is set off for a specific purpose: a cargo bay; an engine bay.4. A sickbay.5. Computers A drive bay.

[Middle English, from Old French baie, from baer, to open up, gape, from Vulgar Latin *batāre, to yawn, gape, from Late Latin bat, onomatopoeic word imitative of a yawn.]

bay³

B0121900 (bā)adj. Reddish-brown: a bay colt.n.1. A reddish brown.2. A reddish-brown animal, especially a horse having a black mane and tail.

[Middle English bai, from Old French, from Latin badius, perhaps of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish buide, yellow.]

bay⁴

B0121900 (bā)n.1. A deep, prolonged bark, such as the sound made by hounds.2. The position of one cornered by pursuers and forced to turn and fight at close quarters: The hunters brought their quarry to bay.3. The position of having been checked or held at a distance: "He has seen the nuclear threat held at bay for 40 years" (Earl W. Foell).v. bayed, bay·ing, bays v.intr. To utter a deep, prolonged bark.v.tr.1. To pursue or challenge with barking: "I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon" (Shakespeare).2. To express by barking or howling: a mob baying its fury.3. To bring to bay: "too big for the dogs which tried to bay it" (William Faulkner).

[Middle English, from abai, the cornering of a hunted animal by barking dogs, from Old French, from abaier, to bark; akin to Italian abbaiare and Occitan abaiar, all ultimately of imitative origin. Verb, from Middle English baien, to bark, from abaien, from Old French abaier.]

bay⁵

B0121900 (bā)n.1. See laurel.2. Any of certain other trees or shrubs with aromatic foliage, such as the California laurel.3. A crown or wreath made especially of the leaves and branches of the laurel and given as a sign of honor or victory.4. often bays Honor; renown.

[Middle English, from Old French baie, berry, from Latin bāca.]

bay

(beɪ) n1. (Physical Geography) a wide semicircular indentation of a shoreline, esp between two headlands or peninsulas2. (Physical Geography) an extension of lowland into hills that partly surround it3. (Physical Geography) US an extension of prairie into woodland[C14: from Old French baie, perhaps from Old French baer to gape, from Medieval Latin batāre to yawn]

bay

(beɪ) n1. (Architecture) an alcove or recess in a wall2. any partly enclosed compartment, as one in which hay is stored in a barn3. (Architecture) See bay window4. an area off a road in which vehicles may park or unload, esp one adjacent to a shop, factory, etc5. (Aeronautics) a compartment in an aircraft, esp one used for a specified purpose: the bomb bay. 6. (Nautical Terms) nautical a compartment in the forward part of a ship between decks, often used as the ship's hospital7. (Railways) Brit a tracked recess in the platform of a railway station, esp one forming the terminus of a branch line[C14: from Old French baee gap or recess in a wall, from baer to gape; see bay¹]

bay

(beɪ) n1. a deep howl or growl, esp of a hound on the scent2. at bay a. (of a person or animal) forced to turn and face attackers: the dogs held the deer at bay. b. at a distance: to keep a disease at bay. 3. (Military) bring to bay to force into a position from which retreat is impossiblevb4. (intr) to howl (at) in deep prolonged tones5. (tr) to utter in a loud prolonged tone6. (tr) to drive to or hold at bay[C13: from Old French abaiier to bark, of imitative origin]

bay

(beɪ) n1. (Plants) Also called: bay laurel, sweet bay a small evergreen Mediterranean laurel, Laurus nobilis, with glossy aromatic leaves, used for flavouring in cooking, and small blackish berries. See laurel¹2. (Plants) any of various other trees with strongly aromatic leaves used in cooking, esp a member of the genera Myrica or Pimenta3. (Plants) any of several magnolias. See sweet bay4. (Plants) any of certain other trees or shrubs, esp bayberry5. (Horticulture) (plural) a wreath of bay leaves. See laurel⁶[C14: from Old French baie laurel berry, from Latin bāca berry]

bay

(beɪ) n1. (Colours) a. a moderate reddish-brown colourb. (as adjective): a bay horse. 2. an animal of this colour, esp a horse[C14: from Old French bai, from Latin badius]

bay¹

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n. 1. a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf. 2. a recess of land, partly surrounded by hills. 3. an arm of a prairie or swamp, extending into woods. [1350–1400; Middle English baye < Middle French baie < Medieval Latin, Late Latin bāia, perhaps by back formation from Latin Bāiae name of a spa on the Bay of Naples]

bay²

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n. 1. a. any of a number of similar major vertical divisions of a large interior, wall, etc., defined by columns, vaulting, or the like. b. a recess in a wall, usu. containing a window. c. bay window (def. 1). 2. a. any portion of an airplane set off by two successive bulkheads or other bracing members. b. a compartment in an aircraft: a cargo bay. 3. a compartment in a barn for storing hay. 4. Also called drive bay. an open compartment in the console housing a computer's CPU in which a disk drive, tape drive, etc., may be installed. 5. sick bay. [1275–1325; Middle English < Middle French baee an opening in a wall, derivative of baer to gape]

bay³

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n., v. bayed, bay•ing. n. 1. a deep, prolonged howl, as of a hound on the scent. 2. the position of an animal that is forced to face and resist pursuers, or of a person forced to face a foe or difficulty: Hounds held the stag at bay. 3. the position of the pursuers or foe thus kept off: The bear kept the hunters at bay. v.i. 4. to howl, esp. with a deep, prolonged sound: a hound baying at the moon. v.t. 5. to assail with deep, prolonged howling. 6. to express by howling. 7. to bring to or to hold at bay. [1250–1300; Middle English, aph. variant of abay < Anglo-French; dial. Old French abai barking, derivative of abaier to bark, of imitative orig.]

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n. 1. laurel (def. 1). 2. Also called bayberry. a tropical American shrub, Pimentaracemosa, of the myrtle family, having aromatic leaves that are used in making bay oil and bay rum. 3. any of various laurellike trees or shrubs. 4. an honorary garland or crown bestowed for military victory, literary excellence, etc. 5. bays, fame; renown. [1350–1400; Middle English bai(e), Old English beg- < Latin bāca, bacca berry]

bay⁵

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n. 1. a horse having a reddish-brown body and black mane, tail, and lower legs. 2. reddish brown. adj. 3. (esp. of a horse) reddish-brown. [1300–50; Middle English < Middle French bai < Latin badius; compare Old Irish buide yellow]

bay

(bā) A body of water partially enclosed by land but having a wide outlet to the sea. A bay is usually smaller than a gulf.

bay

Past participle: bayed
Gerund: baying

Imperative
bay
bay

Present
I bay
you bay
he/she/it bays
we bay
you bay
they bay

Preterite
I bayed
you bayed
he/she/it bayed
we bayed
you bayed
they bayed

Present Continuous
I am baying
you are baying
he/she/it is baying
we are baying
you are baying
they are baying

Present Perfect
I have bayed
you have bayed
he/she/it has bayed
we have bayed
you have bayed
they have bayed

Past Continuous
I was baying
you were baying
he/she/it was baying
we were baying
you were baying
they were baying

Past Perfect
I had bayed
you had bayed
he/she/it had bayed
we had bayed
you had bayed
they had bayed

Future
I will bay
you will bay
he/she/it will bay
we will bay
you will bay
they will bay

Future Perfect
I will have bayed
you will have bayed
he/she/it will have bayed
we will have bayed
you will have bayed
they will have bayed

Future Continuous
I will be baying
you will be baying
he/she/it will be baying
we will be baying
you will be baying
they will be baying

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been baying
you have been baying
he/she/it has been baying
we have been baying
you have been baying
they have been baying

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been baying
you will have been baying
he/she/it will have been baying
we will have been baying
you will have been baying
they will have been baying

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been baying
you had been baying
he/she/it had been baying
we had been baying
you had been baying
they had been baying

Conditional
I would bay
you would bay
he/she/it would bay
we would bay
you would bay
they would bay

Past Conditional
I would have bayed
you would have bayed
he/she/it would have bayed
we would have bayed
you would have bayed
they would have bayed

bay

A wide inlet in a sea or lake, but smaller than a gulf.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bay - an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulfembaymentbight - a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline; "the Bight of Benin"; "the Great Australian Bight"body of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge"Guantanamo Bay - an inlet of the Caribbean Sea; a United States naval station was established on the bay in 1903sea - a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
	2.	bay - the sound of a hound on the scent cry - the characteristic utterance of an animal; "animal cries filled the night"
	3.	bay - small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victorsbay laurel, bay tree, Laurus nobilis, true laurelbay leaf - dried leaf of the bay laurellaurel - any of various aromatic trees of the laurel familygenus Laurus, Laurus - small evergreen trees or shrubs with aromatic leaves
	4.	bay - a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital; "they put him in the sick bay"compartment - a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed areaship - a vessel that carries passengers or freight
	5.	bay - a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose; "he opened the bomb bay"aircraft - a vehicle that can flycompartment - a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area
	6.	bay - a small recess opening off a larger roomalcovecarrell, cubicle, carrel, stall - small individual study area in a libraryniche, recess - an enclosure that is set back or indented
	7.	bay - a horse of a moderate reddish-brown colorEquus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
Verb	1.	bay - utter in deep prolonged tonesmouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
	2.	bay - bark with prolonged noises, of dogsquestbark - make barking sounds; "The dogs barked at the stranger"
Adj.	1.	bay - (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown colorcolored, coloured, colorful - having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain"

bay

¹noun inlet, sound, gulf, entrance, creek, cove, fjord, arm (of the sea), bight, ingress, natural harbour, sea loch (Scot.), firth or frith (Scot.) a short ferry ride across the bay

Bays

Aboukir or Abukir Bay, Bay of Acre, Algoa Bay, Ariake Bay, Baffin Bay, Bay of Bengal, Bay of Biscay, Biscayne Bay, Bombetoka Bay, Botany Bay, Buzzards Bay, Bay of Cádiz, Caernarvon Bay, Callao Bay, Bay of Campeche, Cape Cod Bay, Cardigan Bay, Carmarthen Bay, Casco Bay, Chesapeake Bay, Cienfuegos Bay, Colwyn Bay, Corpus Christi Bay, Delagoa Bay, Delaware Bay, Discovery Bay, Dublin Bay, Dundalk Bay, Dvina Bay, Encounter Bay, Bay of Espírito Santo, False Bay, Famagusta Bay, Florida Bay, Bay of Fundy, Galway Bay, Bay of Gdansk, Georgian Bay, Bay of Gibraltar, Guanabara Bay, Guantánamo Bay, Hangzhou Bay, Hawke Bay, Hudson Bay, Inhambane Bay, Ise Bay, James Bay, Jervis Bay, Jiazhou Bay, Bay of Kaválla, Korea Bay, Kuskokwim Bay, Lobito Bay, Lützow-Holm Bay, Magdalena Bay, Manila Bay, Massachusetts Bay, Milne Bay, Mobile Bay, Montego Bay, Morecambe Bay, Moreton Bay, Narragansett Bay, Newark Bay, Bay of Naples, New York Bay, Omura Bay, Osaka Bay, Passamaquoddy Bay, Bay of Pigs, Bay of Plenty, Port Phillip Bay, Poverty Bay, Quiberon Bay, San Francisco Bay, San Pedro Bay, Santiago Bay, Setúbal Bay, Sligo Bay, St Austell Bay, Bay of St Michel, Swansea Bay, Table Bay, Tampa Bay, Tasman Bay, Thunder Bay, Tokyo Bay, Toyama Bay, Tralee Bay, Bay of Trincomalee, Ungava Bay, Urado Bay, Vigo Bay, Bay of Vlorë, Vyborg Bay, Walvis or Walfish Bay, Whitley Bay, Wick Bay

bay

²noun recess, opening, corner, niche, compartment, nook, alcove, embrasure Someone had placed the device in a loading bay behind the shop.

bay

³verb howl, cry, roar (used of hounds), bark, lament, cry out, wail, growl, bellow, quest, bell, clamour, yelp A dog suddenly howled, baying at the moon.noun cry, bell, roar (used of hounds), quest, bark, lament, howl, wail, growl, bellow, clamour, yelp She trembled at the bay of the dogs.at bay away, off, at arm's length Eating oranges keeps colds at bay.

bay¹

nounA body of water partly enclosed by land but having a wide outlet to the sea:bight, cove, inlet.

bay²

nounA long, mournful cry:howl, moan, ululation, wail, yowl.verbTo utter or emit a long, mournful, plaintive sound:howl, moan, ululate, wail, yowl.

Translations

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bay¹

(bei) noun a wide inward bend of a coastline. anchored in the bay; Botany Bay.海湾

bay²

(bei) noun a separate compartment, area or room etc (usually one of several) set aside for a special purpose. a bay in a library. 分隔间，隔断部分 bay window a window jutting out from a room. 凸窗

bay³

(bei) adjective (of horses) reddish-brown in colour. 栗色的 (bei) noun (also bay tree) the laurel tree, the leaves of which are used for seasoning and in victory wreaths. 月桂树 (bei) verb (especially of large dogs) to bark. The hounds bayed at the fox.向...吠叫

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flourish like a green bay tree

To thrive; to grow very successfully. The green bay tree is known to grow several new branches every year. Wow, you have just been flourishing like a green bay tree ever since you changed majors.See also: bay, flourish, green, like, tree

at bay

At a safe distance; held back by some action. That preventative course of antibiotics really kept the illness at bay—I was hardly sick at all! We have a security system to keep burglars at bay.See also: bay

bay at

To howl at. A: "What's that noise?" B: "Just some coyotes baying at the moon."See also: bay

bay for blood

To seek punishment for a person or group. My co-workers have been baying for blood ever since they found out that I lied about my credentials on my resume.See also: bay, blood

be baying for blood

To be seeking punishment for a person or group. My co-workers have been baying for blood ever since they found out that I lied about my credentials on my resume.See also: bay, blood

keep (someone or something) at bay

To keep someone or something at a distance or from reaching full potency, especially in order to prevent harm to oneself. During my college years, the only things I had to keep hunger at bay were beans, rice, and plain pasta. You have to start meeting your minimum monthly repayments if you want to keep your creditors at bay. These tree frogs have a powerful poison on their backs that helps keep predators at bay.See also: bay, keep

bay at the moon

To make appeals in vain. Good luck talking to the principal, but I think you'll just be baying at the moon—I doubt you'll get a better grade.See also: bay, moon

bring (someone or something) to bay

To catch or trap someone or something (such as an animal). That beast has been terrorizing the townspeople for weeks—we must bring it to bay at once!See also: bay, bring

hold (someone or something) at bay

To keep someone or something at a distance or from reaching full potency, especially in order to prevent harm to oneself. These tree frogs have a powerful poison on their backs that helps hold predators at bay. You have to start meeting your minimum monthly repayments if you want to hold your creditors at bay. During my college years, the only things I had to hold hunger at bay were beans, rice, and plain pasta.See also: bay, hold

bay window

1. A large, protruding window that extends from the wall of a building and creates an alcove inside. Mom still decorates the bay window for every holiday.2. slang A large and/or bulging stomach. If you don't get that bay window under control, you'll be asked to play Santa Claus this year!See also: bay, window

*at bay

Fig. at a distance. (*Typically: be ~; keep someone or something ~; remain ~.) I have to keep the bill collectors at bay until I get my paycheck. The mosquitoes will not remain at bay for very long.See also: bay

bay at something

to howl at something. (Usually said of a dog, wolf, or coyote.) The dogs were baying at the moon. We heard a coyote in the distance, baying at the moon.See also: bay

hold someone or something at bay

Fig. to make someone, a group, or an animal stay at a safe distance. (Originally referred only to animals.) I held the attacker at bay while Mary got away and called the police. The dogs held the bear at bay while I got my gun loaded.See also: bay, hold

at bay

Cornered, in distress, as in Angry bystanders chased the thief into an alley and held him at bay until the police arrived . This idiom originally came from hunting, where it describes an animal that has been driven back and now faces pursuing hounds. Its use for other situations dates from the late 1500s. See also: bay

keep something/someone at bay

hold something/someone at bay

COMMON If you keep something or someone at bay or hold them at bay, you stop them from attacking you or harming you. By salting the meat, bacteria were kept at bay, preserving the meat for future use. Tooth decay can be held at bay by fluoride toothpaste and good dentistry. A dozen American soldiers held the crowd at bay until the helicopter lifted off. Note: When a hunted animal is at bay, it is trapped by the hounds (= hunting dogs) and forced to turn and face them to defend itself. However, if the animal is successfully defending itself in this position, you can say that it is holding the hounds at bay. This second use seems the most likely origin of the expression. See also: bay, keep, someone, something

be baying for someone's blood

be baying for blood

BRITISHIf people are baying for someone's blood or baying for blood, they want someone to be punished or hurt. Eight thousand supporters were baying for the manager's blood after a 5-0 loss to Grimsby. The travel company had just buried itself with debts of more than £12m and thousands of disappointed holidaymakers were baying for blood. Note: This expression compares the people's demands to the sounds that dogs make on a hunt. See also: bay, blood

bay at the moon

howl at the moon

LITERARYIf you bay at the moon or howl at the moon, you waste your time and energy trying to do something which is impossible or trying to get something which you cannot have. You're looking for the perfect man and he doesn't exist. You're baying at the moon.See also: bay, moon

bay for blood

demand punishment or retribution.See also: bay, blood

bring someone or something to bay

trap or corner a person or animal being hunted or chased. This phrase was originally a medieval hunting term, referring to the position of the quarry when it is cornered by the baying hounds. An animal cornered in this way is said to stand at bay .See also: bay, bring, someone, something

hold (or keep) someone or something at bay

prevent someone or something from approaching or having an effect.See also: bay, hold, someone, something

bay at the moon

clamour or make an outcry to no effect. The barking of dogs at a full moon has been a metaphor for futile activity since the mid 17th century.See also: bay, moon

at ˈbay

when an animal that is being hunted is at bay, it must turn and face the dogs and hunters because it is impossible to escape from themSee also: bay

hold/keep somebody/something at ˈbay

prevent somebody/something from coming too close or attacking: Vitamin C helps to keep colds and flu at bay.See also: bay, hold, keep, somebody, something

bay window

n. a belly; an abdomen. You are going to have to do something about that bay window. See also: bay, window

hold at bay, to

To keep some adverse situation from worsening; to hold off an enemy. The term comes from the Old French tenir a bay, which meant to hold open or in suspense, and referred to a hunted animal being cornered by its pursuers. The term was used literally by the fourteenth century, and figuratively soon thereafter. It is also phrased as to keep at bay.See also: hold

at bay

To keep someone or something at a safe distance. The phrase derives from stag hunting, from a French word that also is the source of the English word for the baying howl that hounds make during a chance. A tired and cornered stag that turns to face the pursuing hounds is, for the moment, at a safe distance from its attackers.See also: bay

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