ALL meanings of bay
bay
B b - countable noun bay A bay is a part of a coast where the land curves inwards. 3
- countable noun bay A bay is a partly enclosed area, inside or outside a building, that is used for a particular purpose. 3
- countable noun bay On an aircraft or ship, a bay is a section that is used for carrying cargo or equipment. 3
- countable noun bay 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. 3
- adjective bay A bay horse is reddish-brown in colour. 3
- verb bay If a number of people are baying for something, they are demanding something angrily, usually that someone should be punished. 3
- verb bay If a dog or wolf bays, it makes loud, long cries. 3
- noun bay a wide semicircular indentation of a shoreline, esp between two headlands or peninsulas 3
- noun bay an extension of lowland into hills that partly surround it 3
- noun bay an extension of prairie into woodland 3
- noun bay an alcove or recess in a wall 3
- noun bay any partly enclosed compartment, as one in which hay is stored in a barn 3
- noun bay an area off a road in which vehicles may park or unload, esp one adjacent to a shop, factory, etc 3
- noun bay a compartment in an aircraft, esp one used for a specified purpose 3
- noun bay a compartment in the forward part of a ship between decks, often used as the ship's hospital 3
- noun bay a tracked recess in the platform of a railway station, esp one forming the terminus of a branch line 3
- noun bay a deep howl or growl, esp of a hound on the scent 3
- verb bay to howl (at) in deep prolonged tones 3
- verb bay to utter in a loud prolonged tone 3
- verb bay to drive to or hold at bay 3
- noun bay a small evergreen Mediterranean laurel, Laurus nobilis, with glossy aromatic leaves, used for flavouring in cooking, and small blackish berries 3
- noun bay any of various other trees with strongly aromatic leaves used in cooking, esp a member of the genera Myrica or Pimenta 3
- noun bay any of several magnolias 3
- noun bay any of certain other trees or shrubs, esp bayberry 3
- noun bay a wreath of bay leaves 3
- noun bay a moderate reddish-brown colour 3
- noun bay (as adjective) 3
- noun bay an animal of this colour, esp a horse 3
- noun bay a part of a sea or lake that cuts into the shoreline; wide inlet: usually smaller than a gulf 3
- noun bay a small gulf with an opening to the sea of less than 24 nautical miles and a strictly defined minimum area: used to determine territorial waters 3
- noun bay any level land area making an indentation, as into a woods, range of hills, etc. 3
- noun bay an opening or alcove marked off by pillars, columns, etc. 3
- noun bay a recess in a wall, as for a window 3
- noun bay bay window 3
- noun bay a part of a building projecting from the main part; wing 3
- noun bay a compartment or space 3
- noun bay a bin in a barn, for storing hay or grain 3
- noun bay a compartment in an aircraft or spacecraft 3
- noun bay in a service station, the area for one car 3
- noun bay sick bay 3
- intransitive verb bay to bark or howl in long, deep tones 3
- verb transitive bay to bark at; howl at 3
- verb transitive bay to chase with yelps and barks 3
- verb transitive bay to bring to or hold at bay 3
- verb transitive bay to utter in long, deep tones 3
- noun bay the sound of baying 3
- noun bay the situation of or as of a hunted animal forced to turn and fight 3
- noun bay laurel (sense 1) 3
- noun bay a wreath of bay leaves, a classical token of honor given to poets and conquerors 3
- noun bay honor; fame 3