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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 baé, 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.

Results 321 Words with the letters BAY

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7 letter words with the letters BAY 
6 letter words with the letters BAY 
ABBACY 17
ABBEYS 14
ABYING 14
ABYSMS 14
AMBARY 14
AMBERY 14
BAILEY 12
BAKERY 15
BALDLY 14
BALLSY 13
BANYAN 13
BARELY 12
BARFLY 15
BARLEY 12
BARONY 12
BARYES 11
BARYON 12
BARYTA 11
BARYTE 11
BASELY 12
BASIFY 14
BASSLY 12
BATBOY 14
BAULKY 17
BAWDRY 15
BAYAMO 14
BAYARD 12
BAYING 14
BAYMAN 15
BAYMEN 15
BAYOUS 12
BEACHY 16
BEAUTY 12
BELADY 13
BELAYS 12
BENDAY 13
BETRAY 11
BEWRAY 14
BIALYS 12
BIGAMY 16
BINARY 12
BLABBY 18
BLASTY 12
BLEARY 12
BOTANY 12
BOYARD 12
BOYARS 11
BOYLAS 12
BRAGGY 15
BRAINY 12
BRANDY 13
BRANNY 13
BRASHY 13
BRASSY 11
BRATTY 11
BRAWLY 15
BRAWNY 15
BRAYED 12
BRAYER 11
BREADY 12
BRIARY 11
BUNYAS 13
BYELAW 15
BYLAWS 15
BYNAME 15
BYPASS 14
BYPAST 14
BYPATH 16
BYPLAY 17
BYROAD 12
BYTALK 16
BYWAYS 16
BYZANT 21
CARBOY 14
CRABBY 17
CYMBAL 18
DAUBRY 13
DAYBED 13
DRABLY 13
DYABLE 13
EMBAYS 14
EYEBAR 11
FLABBY 18
GRABBY 16
KABAYA 15
MARBLY 15
MAYBES 14
NEARBY 12
REDBAY 12
SCABBY 17
SHABBY 16
STABLY 12
SUABLY 13
SUBWAY 15
SWABBY 17
TYMBAL 15
USABLY 13
VIABLY 16
WABBLY 18
WAMBLY 18
YABBER 14
YERBAS 11
5 letter words with the letters BAY 
ABBEY 13
ABYES 10
ABYSM 13
ABYSS 10
AMBRY 13
BADDY 12
BADLY 12
BAFFY 16
BAGGY 14
BALDY 12
BALKY 15
BALLY 12
BALMY 14
BANDY 12
BANTY 11
BARKY 14
BARMY 13
BARNY 11
BARYE 10
BASSY 10
BATTY 10
BAWDY 14
BAWTY 13
BAYED 11
BAYOU 11
BEADY 11
BEAKY 14
BEAMY 13
BELAY 11
BIALY 11
BOYAR 10
BOYLA 11
BRAKY 14
BRAXY 17
BRAYS 10
BUNYA 12
BYLAW 14
BYWAY 15
CABBY 16
DAUBY 12
EMBAY 13
GABBY 15
LAMBY 14
MAYBE 13
TABBY 13
YERBA 10
4 letter words with the letters BAY 
ABLY 10
ABYE 9
ABYS 9
BABY 12
BAYS 9
BRAY 9
GABY 11
3 letter words with the letters BAY 
ABY 8
BAY 8
2 letter words with the letters BAY 
AB 5
AY 4
BA 5
BY 7
YA 4

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