bay
♦ bay /b'eɪ/ (bays baying bayed)
1 [N-COUNT] oft in names
A bay is a part of a coast where the land curves inwards.
...a short ferry ride across the bay.
...the Bay of Bengal.
...the San Francisco Bay area.
2 [N-COUNT] oft supp N
A bay is a partly enclosed area, inside or outside a building, that is used for a particular purpose.
The animals are herded into a bay, then butchered...
The car reversed into the loading bay.
3 [N-COUNT]
A bay is an area of a room which extends beyond the main walls of a house, especially an area with a large window at the front of a house.
4 [ADJ]
A bay horse is reddish-brown in colour.
5 [VERB] usu cont, V for n, V-ing
If a number of people are baying for something, they are demanding something angrily, usually that someone should be punished.
The referee ignored voices baying for a penalty.
...the baying crowd.
= clamour
6 [VERB] V at n, also V
If a dog or wolf bays, it makes loud, long cries.
A dog suddenly howled, baying at the moon.
7
see also sick bay
8 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you keep something or someone at bay, or hold them at bay, you prevent them from reaching, attacking, or affecting you.
Eating oranges keeps colds at bay...
Prisoners armed with baseball bats used the hostages to hold police at bay.bay leaf (bay leaves)
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A bay leaf is a leaf of an evergreen tree that can be dried and used as a herb in cooking.bay win|dow (bay windows)
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A bay window is a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house.sick bay (sick bays)
also sick-bay
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A sick bay is an area, especially on a ship or navy base, or in Britain in a school or university, where medical treatment is given and where beds are provided for people who are ill.
...a free 16-bed sick bay for students needing continuous care...
1 [N-COUNT] oft in names
A bay is a part of a coast where the land curves inwards.
...a short ferry ride across the bay.
...the Bay of Bengal.
...the San Francisco Bay area.
2 [N-COUNT] oft supp N
A bay is a partly enclosed area, inside or outside a building, that is used for a particular purpose.
The animals are herded into a bay, then butchered...
The car reversed into the loading bay.
3 [N-COUNT]
A bay is an area of a room which extends beyond the main walls of a house, especially an area with a large window at the front of a house.
4 [ADJ]
A bay horse is reddish-brown in colour.
5 [VERB] usu cont, V for n, V-ing
If a number of people are baying for something, they are demanding something angrily, usually that someone should be punished.
The referee ignored voices baying for a penalty.
...the baying crowd.
= clamour
6 [VERB] V at n, also V
If a dog or wolf bays, it makes loud, long cries.
A dog suddenly howled, baying at the moon.
7
see also sick bay
8 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you keep something or someone at bay, or hold them at bay, you prevent them from reaching, attacking, or affecting you.
Eating oranges keeps colds at bay...
Prisoners armed with baseball bats used the hostages to hold police at bay.bay leaf (bay leaves)
[N-COUNT]
A bay leaf is a leaf of an evergreen tree that can be dried and used as a herb in cooking.bay win|dow (bay windows)
[N-COUNT]
A bay window is a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house.sick bay (sick bays)
also sick-bay
[N-COUNT] also prep N
A sick bay is an area, especially on a ship or navy base, or in Britain in a school or university, where medical treatment is given and where beds are provided for people who are ill.
...a free 16-bed sick bay for students needing continuous care...