'Bay' definitions:

Definition of 'bay'

(from WordNet)
adjective
(used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color
noun
An indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf [syn: bay, embayment]
noun
The sound of a hound on the scent
noun
Small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors [syn: true laurel, bay, bay laurel, bay tree, Laurus nobilis]
noun
A compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital; "they put him in the sick bay"
noun
A compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose; "he opened the bomb bay"
noun
A small recess opening off a larger room [syn: alcove, bay]
noun
A horse of a moderate reddish-brown color
verb
Utter in deep prolonged tones
verb
Bark with prolonged noises, of dogs [syn: bay, quest]

Definition of 'Bay'

From: GCIDE
  • Bay \Bay\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bayed (b[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Baying.] [OE. bayen, abayen, OF. abaier, F. aboyer, to bark; of uncertain origin.] To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game. [1913 Webster]
  • The hounds at nearer distance hoarsely bayed. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bay'

From: GCIDE
  • Bay \Bay\, v. t. To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bay'

From: GCIDE
  • Bay \Bay\, n. [See Bay, v. i.]
  • 1. Deep-toned, prolonged barking. "The bay of curs." --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. [OE. bay, abay, OF. abai, F. aboi barking, pl. abois, prop. the extremity to which the stag is reduced when surrounded by the dogs, barking (aboyant); aux abois at bay.] A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible. [1913 Webster]
  • Embolden'd by despair, he stood at bay. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • The most terrible evils are just kept at bay by incessant efforts. --I. Taylor [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bay'

From: GCIDE
  • Bay \Bay\ (b[=a]), a. [F. bai, fr. L. badius brown, chestnut-colored; -- used only of horses.] Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses. [1913 Webster]
  • Bay cat (Zool.), a wild cat of Africa and the East Indies (Felis aurata).
  • Bay lynx (Zool.), the common American lynx (Lynx lynx, formerly Felis rufa or Lynx rufa). [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bay'

From: GCIDE
  • Bay \Bay\, n. [F. baie a berry, the fruit of the laurel and other trees, fr. L. baca, bacca, a small round fruit, a berry, akin to Lith. bapka laurel berry.]
  • 1. A berry, particularly of the laurel. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The laurel tree (Laurus nobilis). Hence, in the plural, an honorary garland or crown bestowed as a prize for victory or excellence, anciently made or consisting of branches of the laurel. [1913 Webster]
  • The patriot's honors and the poet's bays. --Trumbull. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A tract covered with bay trees. [Local, U. S.] [1913 Webster]
  • Bay leaf, the leaf of the bay tree (Laurus nobilis). It has a fragrant odor and an aromatic taste, and is used for flavoring in food. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bay'

From: GCIDE
  • Bay \Bay\, n. [F. baie, fr. LL. baia. Of uncertain origin: cf. Ir. & Gael. badh or bagh bay, harbor, creek; Bisc. baia, baiya, harbor, and F. bayer to gape, open the mouth.]
  • 1. (Geog.) An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The name is not used with much precision, and is often applied to large tracts of water, around which the land forms a curve; as, Hudson's Bay. The name is not restricted to tracts of water with a narrow entrance, but is used for any recess or inlet between capes or headlands; as, the Bay of Biscay. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A small body of water set off from the main body; as a compartment containing water for a wheel; the portion of a canal just outside of the gates of a lock, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A recess or indentation shaped like a bay. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A principal compartment of the walls, roof, or other part of a building, or of the whole building, as marked off by the buttresses, vaulting, mullions of a window, etc.; one of the main divisions of any structure, as the part of a bridge between two piers. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay. [1913 Webster]
  • Sick bay, in vessels of war, that part of a deck appropriated to the use of the sick. --Totten. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bay'

From: GCIDE
  • Bay \Bay\, v. t. [Cf. OE. b[ae]wen to bathe, and G. b[aum]hen to foment.] To bathe. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bay'

From: GCIDE
  • Bay \Bay\, n. A bank or dam to keep back water. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bay'

From: GCIDE
  • Bay \Bay\, v. t. To dam, as water; -- with up or back. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'bay'

From: GCIDE
  • colorful \colorful\ adj.
  • 1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless.
  • Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot}; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing; prismatic; psychedelic; {red, ruddy, flushed, empurpled}]
  • Syn: colourful. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious; flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; {flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; picturesque] [WordNet 1.5]
  • 3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey; as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and monochrome.
  • Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; {amber, brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; amethyst; {auburn, reddish-brown}; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden; azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; {bicolor, bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue, bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful, blush-colored, rosy}; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy; brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; {canary, canary-yellow}; caramel, caramel brown; carnation; chartreuse; chestnut; dun; {earth-colored, earthlike}; fuscous; {green, greenish, light-green, dark-green}; jade, jade-green; khaki; {lavender, lilac}; mauve; moss green, mosstone; {motley, multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured}; mousy, mouse-colored; ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive; orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish; purple, violet, purplish; {red, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet}; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red; rust, rusty, rust-colored; {snuff, snuff-brown, snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored, snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel, brownish-orange}; stone, stone-gray; {straw-color, straw-colored, straw-coloured}; tan; tangerine; tawny; ultramarine; umber; {vermilion, vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; yellow, yellowish; yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; {blae bluish-black or gray-blue)}; coral; creamy; {cress green, cresson, watercress}; hazel; {honey, honey-colored}; hued(postnominal); magenta; maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green; sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark, light.]
  • Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate). [WordNet 1.5]

Definition of 'bay'

From: Easton
  • Bay denotes the estuary of the Dead Sea at the mouth of the Jordan (Josh. 15:5; 18:19), also the southern extremity of the same sea (15:2). The same Hebrew word is rendered "tongue" in Isa. 11:15, where it is used with reference to the forked mouths of the Nile.
  • Bay in Zech. 6:3, 7 denotes the colour of horses, but the original Hebrew means strong, and is here used rather to describe the horses as fleet or spirited.

Synonyms of 'bay'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Bay, AR -- U.S. city in Arkansas

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Bay, AR -- U.S. city in Arkansas
Population (2000) :
1800
Housing Units (2000) :
734
Land area (2000) :
3.354006 sq. miles (8.686836 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
3.354006 sq. miles (8.686836 sq. km)
FIPS code :
04180
Located within :
Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
Location :
35.745157 N, 90.562777 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
72411
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Bay -- U.S. County in Michigan

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Bay -- U.S. County in Michigan
Population (2000) :
110157
Housing Units (2000) :
46423
Land area (2000) :
444.245963 sq. miles (1150.591713 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
186.659954 sq. miles (483.447041 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
630.905917 sq. miles (1634.038754 sq. km)
Located within :
Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location :
43.636656 N, 83.917406 W

Bay -- U.S. County in Florida

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Bay -- U.S. County in Florida
Population (2000) :
148217
Housing Units (2000) :
78435
Land area (2000) :
763.678148 sq. miles (1977.917239 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
269.596823 sq. miles (698.252537 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1033.274971 sq. miles (2676.169776 sq. km)
Located within :
Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location :
30.219170 N, 85.638788 W

Words containing 'Bay'