Found 3 items, similar to Bay.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: bay selat
English → English (WordNet) Definition: bay bay adj : (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color bay n 1: an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf 2: the sound of a hound on the scent 3: 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 laurel, bay tree, Laurus nobilis ] 4: a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital; “they put him in the sick bay” 5: a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose; “he opened the bomb bay” 6: a small recess opening off a larger room [syn: alcove] 7: a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color bay v 1: utter in deep prolonged tones 2: bark with prolonged noises, of dogs [syn: quest]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Bay 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 (Zo["o]l.), a wild cat of Africa and the East Indies (Felis aurata). Bay lynx (Zo["o]l.), the common American lynx (Lynx lynx, formerly Felis rufa or Lynx rufa). [1913 Webster] 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] Bay \Bay\, v. t. [Cf. OE. b[ae]wen to bathe, and G. b["a]hen to foment.] To bathe. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Bay \Bay\, n. A bank or dam to keep back water. [1913 Webster] Bay \Bay\, v. t. To dam, as water; -- with up or back. [1913 Webster] || 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] 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] 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] 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]