bay in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
bay in Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ
bay in Kashmiri कॉशुर
bay in Telugu తెలుగు
bay in English
- bay⇄adj. reddish-brown.
Ex. a bay horse. - bay⇄bay (1), noun.
1. a part of a sea or lake extending into the land. A bay is usually smaller than a gulf and larger than a cove.
Ex. The Bay of Biscay is part of the Atlantic Ocean on the coast of France and Spain.
(Abbr:) b.
2. a - bay⇄bay (2), noun, verb.
- bay⇄bay (3), noun.
1a. a space or division of a wall or building between columns, pillars, buttresses, or the like.
b. bay window.
c. a space, usually with a window or set of windows in it, projecting out from a wall.
d. a window sp - bay⇄bay (4), adjective, noun.
- bay⇄bay (5), noun.
1. any one of various small, evergreen trees or shrubs with smooth, shiny leaves; sweet bay:
a. the laurel of southern Europe. Dried bay leaves are used for flavoring food.
b. a magnolia of North America, having round, f - bay⇄bay (6), noun, verb.
- bay⇄expr. bays,
a. the laurel wreath worn by poets or victors.
Ex. Civil wars will not allow bays to the conqueror's brow (Abraham Cowley).
b. (Figurative.) honor; renown; fame.
Ex. I seek to blast no scholar's bays (Robert Lloyd). - bay⇄expr. bring to bay, to put in a position from which escape is impossible; force to stand and fight.
Ex. After a long chase the dogs brought the stag to bay at the edge of a cliff. The police brought the robbers to bay in a deserted house. - bay⇄expr. hold (or keep) at bay, to hold off or away; resist successfully.
Ex. The stag held the hounds at bay. Aspirin kept the fever at bay. - bay⇄expr. stand at bay, to stand and fight when escape is impossible.
Ex. The stag stood at bay against the hounds on the edge of the cliff. - bay⇄noun a dam or embankment to retain water or divert its course.
- bay⇄noun a long, deep barking, especially of a large dog.
Ex. The hunters heard the distant bay of the hounds. - bay⇄noun 1. a reddish-brown horse with black mane and tail.
Ex. I'll put my money on the bobtailed nag, Somebody bet on the bay (Stephen Foster).
2. a reddish brown.
Ex. a horse with a coat of bay. - bay⇄v.i. to bark with long, deep sounds, as a hound or mastiff.
Ex. Dogs sometimes bay at the moon. - bay⇄v.t. to retain or obstruct (water) with a bay or dam.
- bay⇄v.t. 1. to bark at; assail with barking.
Ex. I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman (Shakespeare).
2. to give forth, utter, or express by baying.
3. to pursue with barking like a pack of hounds.
4a. to bring