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Definition of bay : 1. A bank or dam to keep back water.
2. A berry, particularly of the laurel.
3. A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks.
4. A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay.
5. 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..
6. A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.
7. 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.
8. A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
9. A tract covered with bay trees.
10. An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character.
11. Deep- toned, prolonged barking.
12. Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; - applied to the color of horses.
13. 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.
14. To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear.
15. To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game.
16. To bathe.
17. To dam, as water; - with up or back.

Synonyms:

colorful, castaneous, badeous, in color, bespeak, brown, quest, coloured, bay laurel, alcove, rufous, reddish, brownish-red, territory, embayment, bay tree, Laurus nobilis, colored, chestnut, bight, ruddy, request, call for, true laurel

gulf, ocean, cove, reservoir, sound, pond, fiord, lake, tank, dike, inlet, pool, strait, estuary, puddle, well, ditch, bayou, lagoon

ululation

cry, chirp, call, snort, chatter, grunt, bray, growl, moo, purr, mew, squawk, cuckoo, whinny, gobble, honk, bleat, bellow, cluck, roar, snarl, coo, neigh, warble, hoot, yelp, squeal, trill, twit, caw, howl, ululate, quack, meow, bawl, cackle, crow, bark

Usage examples:

• The bay was filled with them. - "Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror", Richard Linthicum Trumbull White Samuel Fallows.
• It took him only a little while to find they were at bay within the log enclosure and in much greater danger than he first supposed. - "The Lost Trail", Edward S. Ellis.
• If Landrassy won- Europe a red battle- field, England at bay; if Ian Stafford won- Europe at peace, England secure. - "The Judgment House", Gilbert Parker.