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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Bay the Moon (To). To bark at the moon. (French, aboyer, to bark at.) (See Bark. ). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Contempt | Phrase: "a dismal universal hiss, the sound of public scorn"; "I had rather be a dog and bay the moon than such a Roman". |
Inutility | Seek after impossibilities, strive after impossibilities; use vain efforts, labor in vain, roll the stone of Sisyphus, beat the air, lash the waves, battre l'eau avec un baton, donner un coup d'epee dans l'eau, fish in the air, milk the ram, drop a bucket into an empty well, sow the sand; bay the moon; preach to the winds, speak to the winds; whistle jigs to a milestone; kick against the pricks, se battre contre des moulins; lock the stable door when the steed is stolen, lock the barn door after the horse is stolen; (too late); hold a farthing candle to the sun; cast pearls before swine; (waste); carry coals to Newcastle; (redundancy); wash a blackamoor white; (impossible). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bay the moon | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BAY THE MOON"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Spanish | ladrar la luna. (various references) | |
Turkish | boşuna uğraşmak (beat the air, run in circles, talk in circles). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-h-m-n-o-o-t-y" | |
-2 letters: theonomy. | |
-3 letters: bayonet, boatmen, hambone, homeboy. | |
-4 letters: anthem, batmen, baymen, bemoan, betony, botany, byname, entomb, etymon, hetman, omenta, tomboy, yeoman. | |
-5 letters: abmho, abohm, aboon, ament, anomy, atomy, atone, atony, banty, bathe, baton, beamy, beano, beton, bhoot, bohea, boney, boomy, booth, booty, bothy, ebony, embay, etyma, homey, honey, hooey, hooty, hyena, hymen, mahoe, matey, maybe. | |
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