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bay
has definitions from the fields of zoology,nautical,geography,botany,color
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[ noun ] (geography) an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than an gulf
Used in print (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)Mynheer , Sir_Francis , the valley society , the very smell of the river on his right purling along to the bay past fish weirs and rocks , and ahead the sleepy ribbon of moon drenched road . The morning hawk , hungry for any eatable , killable , digestible item , kept his eyes on the ring of anchored ships that lay off the shores in the bay , sheltered by the Jersey inlets . Across the bay the Palisades were heavy in green timber ; their rock paths led down to the Hudson . Below in the open bay facing Manhattan was Staten_Island , gritty with clam_shells and mud_flats behind which nested farms , cattle barns , and berry thickets . (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)The Starbird had been long at the bottom of the bay . Related terms body_of_water New_York_Bay Biscayne_Bay Sea_of_Azov bight Bay_of_Fundy San_Diego_Bay Chesapeake_Bay Delaware_Bay Bay_of_Campeche Mobile_Bay Bay_of_Bengal penobscot_bay tampa_bay hangzhou_bay San_Francisco_Bay abukir andaman_sea cape_cod_bay galveston_bay galway_bay james_bay massachusetts_bay minamata_bay monterey_bay osaka_bay Narragansett_Bay buzzards_bay bay_of_naples Bay_of_Biscay Prudhoe_Bay korea_bay moreton_bay bight sea |
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[ noun ] the sound of a hound on the scent
Used in print (Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)Or the bay of female dogs in heat . Related terms |
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[ verb ] utter in deep prolonged tones
Used in print (The Detroit News,...)`` Fools '' , he bayed , `` what do you think you are doing '' ? Related terms |
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[ noun ] (nautical) a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital
Examples "they put him in the sick bay" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color
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[ noun ] (botany) 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
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[ noun ] a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose
Examples "he opened the bomb bay" Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 5170
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[ noun ] (zoology) a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color
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