Bay

Noun

 * 1)  A berry.
 * 2) A shrub of the family Lauraceae, having dark green leaves and berries.
 * 3)  The leaves of this shrub, woven into a garland used to reward a champion or victor; hence, fame, victory.
 * 4) The leaf of this shrub, used as a herb.
 * 5)  A body of water (especially the sea) more or less three-quarters surrounded by land.
 * 6) An opening in a wall, especially between two columns.
 * 7) An internal recess; a compartment or area surrounded on three sides.
 * 8) The distance between two supports in a vault or building with a pitched roof.
 * 9)  Each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships.
 * 10)  A bay platform.
 * 11) shortened form of bay window.
 * 12) The excited barking of dogs when hunting or being attacked.
 * 13)  The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey.
 * 14) A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.
 * 15) A horse of this color.
 * 1) A horse of this color.

Verb

 * 1)  To bark.
 * 2)  To bark at.
 * 3)  To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds.

Adjective

 * 1) Of a reddish-brown colour (especially of horses).

Adjectives for Bay
land-locked; craggy; shallow; native; tranquil; yawning; eddying; noble; silvery; curving; regal; extensive; deep; protective; roaring;  billowy;   treacherous;  glassy; squally; distant; sheltered; whispering; shimmering; murky; shark-infested; broadening; magnificent; protected; misted.

Verbs for Bay
anchor in—; break on—; dredge—; drop into—; embark at—; enter—; put into— recede into—; ride—; surround—; —eddies—extends; —lashes the beach; —narrows—widens.

Thesaurus
accolade, adust, alcove, archives, arm, armlet, armory, arsenal, attic, auburn, award, badge, bank, bark, basement, bawl, bay window, bay-colored, bayard, bayou, bays, beep, bell, bellow, belt, bight, bin, blare, blast, blat, blate, bleat, blow, blow the horn, boca, bonded warehouse, bookcase, bow window, box, bray, brazen, bronze, bronze-colored, bronzed, brownish-red, buckskin, bugle, bunker, buttery, calico pony, call, cargo dock, carrel, casement, casement window, castaneous, caterwaul, cellar, chaplet, chest, chestnut, chestnut-brown, civic crown, clarion, closet, conservatory, copper, copper-colored, coppery, corner, cove, cranny, crate, creek, crib, crown, cry, cubby, cubbyhole, cubicle, cup, cupboard, cupreous, dapple-gray, decoration, depository, depot, distinction, dock, drawer, dump, dun, estuary, euripus, exchequer, fan window, fanfare, fanlight, ferruginous, fjord, flourish of trumpets, foxy, frith, garland, give tongue, give voice, glory hole, godown, gray, grille, grizzle, gulf, gut, harbor, henna, hold, honk, howl, hutch, inglenook, inlet, kudos, kyle, lancet window, lantern, lattice, laurel, laurels, library, light, liver-brown, liver-colored, livid-brown, loch, locker, louver window, loving cup, low, lumber room, lumberyard, magasin, magazine, mahogany, meow, mew, mewl, miaow, moo, mouth, narrow, narrow seas, narrows, natural harbor, neigh, niche, nicker, nook, oriel, paint, painted pony, palm, palms, pane, peal, picture window, piebald, pinto, pipe, pitchhole, port, porthole, pot, pule, quest, rack, reach, recess, recession, reddish-brown, repertory, repository, reservoir, rick, road, roads, roadstead, roan, roar, roomlet, rose window, rubiginous, rufous, russet, russety, rust, rust-colored, rusty, screak, scream, screech, shelf, shriek, skewbald, skylight, slough, snuggery, sorrel, sound, sound a tattoo, sound taps, squall, squeak, squeal, stack, stack room, stock room, storage, store, storehouse, storeroom, strait, straits, sunburned, supply base, supply depot, tank, tantara, tantarara, taps, tarantara, tattoo, terra-cotta, toot, tootle, transom, treasure house, treasure room, treasury, troat, trophy, trumpet, trumpet blast, trumpet call, tweedle, ululate, vat, vault, wail, warehouse, whicker, whine, whinny, whistle, wicket, wind, window, window bay, window glass, windowpane, wine cellar, wreath, yap, yawl, yawp, yelp, yip, yowl

Etymology

 * 1) From baye:, baie:, from  beg:, as in begbeam:, conflated with  baie:, from  baca:.
 * 2) From  baie:, from  baia:.
 * 3) From  baie:, from  baée:, from baer:, from  *undefined:.
 * 4) From  bay:, combined with apheticised form of abay; verbal form  bayer:, abayer:.
 * 5) From  baie:, from  badius:.

Synonyms

 * bay laurel, Grecian laurel, laurel, sweet bay, true laurel

Derived terms

 * bayberry
 * bay laurel
 * bay leaf
 * bay rum


 * bay rum tree
 * bay tree
 * red bay
 * sweet bay


 * bay platform
 * bay window
 * bomb bay
 * buggy bay
 * loading bay
 * California bay
 * at bay
 * keep at bay
 * bay at the moon
 * bay lynx

Synonyms

 * gulf