bay

Meaning

Noun

1. A body of water (especially the sea) contained by a concave shoreline.
2. A bank or dam to keep back water.

Verb

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.

Adj

Of a reddish-brown colour.

Synonyms

gulf

inlet

cove

bight

howl

bark

creek

harbor

sound

🔉

alcove

embayment

recess

niche

laurel

bay tree

brown

bay laurel

true laurel

bellow

sweet bay

red

Laurus nobilis

whine

roar

opening

hoot

quest

boo

fjord

sinus

sorrel

room

estuary

shout

yap

dam up

cry

😢

yip

condition

circle

⭕

chestnut

🌰

chassis

bed plate

base plate

chair

🪑

cavity

glade

gauge

framework

bray

Translations

baie

Bucht

bahía

baia

baía

baai

laurier

κόλπος

golfe

badia

golfo

alloro

aboyer

koy

Pronounced as (IPA)

/beɪ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: -

Cognate with French: baie

Inherited from Middle English: bay

In summary

From French baie, from Late Latin baia, probably ultimately from Iberian or Basque badia. Partly displaced native Old English byht, whence bight.