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Definition: Bay |
BayAdjective1. (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color. Noun1. An indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than an 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. 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. 7. A horse of a moderate reddish-brown color. Verb1. Utter in deep prolonged tones. 2. Bark with prolonged noises, of dogs. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bay" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Bay |
Bible | Bay denotes the estuary of the Dead Sea at the mouth of the Jordan (Josh. 15:5; 18:19), also the southern extremity of the same sea (15:2). The same Hebrew word is rendered "tongue" in Isa. 11:15, where it is used with reference to the forked mouths of the Nile. Bay in Zech. 6:3, 7 denotes the colour of horses, but the original Hebrew means strong, and is here used rather to describe the horses as fleet or spirited. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Building & Civil Engineering | Space between two trusses, two bridge piles or two supports of a wall. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A main division of any building or structure. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Electrical Engineering | The part of a substation within which the switchgear and controlgear relating to a given circuit is contained. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A housing for. . electronic. . equipment. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Food & Agriculture | Comes in shades from tan to dark brown and always have black mane, tail, forelock and stockings. . Source: European Union. (references) |
Geography | Small gulf. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Bay Supposed to be an antidote against lightning, because it was the tree of Apollo. Hence Tiberius and some other of the Roman emperors wore a wreath of bay as an amulet, especially in thunder-storms. (Pliny.) "Reach the bays- I'll tie a garland here about his head; `Twill keep my boy from lightning." The White Devil. The withering of a bay-tree was supposed to be the omen of a death. " `Tis thought the king is dead. We'll not stay- The bay-trees in our country are withered." Shakespeare: Richard II., ii. 4. Crowned with bays, in sign of victory. The general who obtained a victory among the Romans was crowned with a wreath of bay leaves. Bay. The reason why Apollo and all those under his protection are crowned with bay is a pretty fable. Daphne, daughter of the river-god Peneos, in Thessaly, was very beautiful and resolved to pass her life in perpetual virginity. Apollo fell in love with her, but she rejected his suit. On one occasion the god was so importunate that Daphne fled from him and sought the protection of her father, who changed her into the bay-tree. The gallant god declared henceforth he would wear bay leaves on his brow and lyre instead of the oak, and that all who sought his favour should follow his example. The Queen's Bays. The 2nd Dragoon Guards; so called because they are mounted on bay horses. Now called The Queen's. Bay. The colour of a horse is Varro's equus badius, given by Ainsworth as, "brown, bay, sorrel, chestnut colour." Coles gives the same. Our bayard; bright bay, light bay, blood bay, etc. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mechanical Engineering | A division in a hold for the stowage of fresh fish. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. An open space in a mine for storage of equipment, conducting repairs, or disposal of waste. b. A recess in the shore or an inlet of a sea or lake between two capes or headlands, not as large as a gulf, but larger than a cove c. A portion of the sea that penetrates into the interior of the land. It is usually wider in the middle than at the entrance. It may be similar to a gulf, but smaller d. A portion of the sea partly surrounded by ice e. The discharge point of a hopper, usually applied to coal or ore hopperrail cars. (references) |
Science | A wide area of water extending into land from a sea or lake. (references) |
Transportation | In any aircraft or spacecraft, volume set aside for enclosing something. Source: European Union. (references) |
| In aerodyne fuselage or rigid airship hull, portion between two major transverse members such as frames or bulkheads. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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In physical geography, a bay or gulf is a collection of water that is surrounded by land on three sides, and open to more water on the fourth.See: Headlands and bays for more on this.
Bay is a color of the hair coats of horses, characterized by a body color of dark red (known as blood bay) to deep brown, with black mane, tail and lower legs. Some bay horses may have darker coloration in bars on their shoulders and rarely, a dark stripe down the back. The hair coats and hides of bay horses are noted for their durability and sun resistance. For this, among other reasons, bay is a favorite color among ranchers and horse enthusiasts.
Bay is also a herb: see bay leaf.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bay."
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Bay is a city located in Craighead County, Arkansas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 1,800.Geography
Bay is located at 35°44'43" North, 90°33'46" West (35.745157, -90.562777)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.7 km² (3.3 mi²). 8.7 km² (3.3 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there are 1,800 people, 690 households, and 518 families residing in the city. The population density is 207.5/km² (536.7/mi²). There are 734 housing units at an average density of 84.6/km² (218.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 95.39% White, 2.94% Black or African American, 0.17% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.78% from other races, and 0.72% from two or more races. 1.50% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 690 households out of which 35.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.0% are married couples living together, 12.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 24.8% are non-families. 22.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 10.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.61 and the average family size is 3.07. In the city the population is spread out with 27.7% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there are 94.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 88.2 males. The median income for a household in the city is $29,828, and the median income for a family is $35,833. Males have a median income of $28,594 versus $19,732 for females. The per capita income for the city is $12,743. 15.5% of the population and 13.3% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 21.5% are under the age of 18 and 19.7% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bay, Arkansas."
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Bay is a region (gobolka) in southern Somalia. Its capital is Baidoa. It is bordered by the Somalian regions of Bakool, Hiraan, Shabeellaha Hoose, Jubbada Dhexe and Gedo.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bay, Somalia."
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A Headland is an area of land adjacent to water on three sides. A bay is the reverse, an area of water bordering land on three sides. Headlands and bays are usually, but not always, found together on the same stretch of coastline. Headlands and bays form on concordant coastlines, where bands of rock of alternating resistance run perpendicular to the coast. Bays form where weak (less resistant) rocks (such as sands and clays) are eroded, leaving bands of stronger (more resistant) rocks (such as chalk, limestone, granite) forming a headland, or peninsula. Wave refraction occurs on headlands concentrating wave energy on them so many other landforms, such as caves, natural archs and stacks, form on headlands. Wave refraction disperses wave energy through the bay, and along with the sheltering effect of the headlands this protects bays from storms. This effect means that the waves reaching the shore in a bay are usually constructive waves, and because of this most bays feature a beach. A bay may be only metres accros, or it could be hundreds of kilometres accros.Headlands and bays may also form in lakes.
Sometimes bays may also form where movements of the earth's crust (tectonics) bring areas of land together, or move them apart. Usually these bays are referred to as seas or gulfs and not bays.
Headlands, particularly large headlands, may also be called peninsulas, or where they dramatically affect the ocean currents they are called capes.
"Capes and bays geography" is a derogatory term for the approach to teaching geography that requires students to rote learn the names of large number of geographical features rather than taking a more theoretically driven approach.
List of some well-known bays
- Africa
- Europe
- Bay of Biscay in France
- Gulf of Bothnia between Sweden and Finland
- Gulf of Finland between Finland and Estonia
- Lyme Bay off the southern coast of England
- Riddarfjärden in Stockholm
- Asia
- Bay of Bengal, near Bengal (India/Bangladesh)
- Persian Gulf between Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, and Iran
- Subic Bay in the Phillipines, the site of a former US Navy base
- North American, Central America and the Caribbean
- Bay of Pigs on Cuba
- Mexican Gulf between Mexico and the United States
- San Francisco Bay
- South America
- Australasia
- Great Australian Bight off the south coast of Australia
- Botany Bay, near Sydney, Australia
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand
- Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
External links
- GeoResources - diagrams of headland and bay formation
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Headlands and bays."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| BAGEL | English | Bay Area GNU Enthusiasts League | Computer - (GNU, org., user group) |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: BaySynonyms: alcove (n), bay laurel (n), bay tree (n), true laurel (n), quest (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Attack | Bring to bay. |
Concavity | Valley, vale, dale, dell, dingle, combe, bottom, slade, strath, glade, grove, glen, cave, cavern, cove; grot, grotto; alcove, cul-de-sac; gully; arch; (curve); bay; (of the sea). |
Condiment | Pot herbs, parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, bay leaves, marjoram. |
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". |
Curvature | Carve, arc, arch, arcade, vault, bow, crescent, half-moon, lunule, horseshoe, loop, crane neck; parabola, hyperbola; helix, spiral; catenary, festoon; conchoid, cardioid; caustic; tracery; arched ceiling, arched roof; bay window, bow window. |
Danger | Aux abois, at bay; on the wrong side of the wall, on a lee shore, on the rocks. |
Defense | Parry, repel, propugn, put to flight; give a warm reception to; hold at bay, keep at bay, keep arm's length. |
Adverb: defensively; on the defense, on the defensive; in defense; at bay, pro aris et focis. | |
Difficulty | Reduced to straits; hard pressed, sorely pressed; run hard; pinched, put to it, straitened; hard up, hard put to it, hard set; put to one's shifts; puzzled, at a loss; (uncertain); at the end of one's tether, at the end of one's rope, at one's wit's end, at a nonplus, at a standstill; graveled, nonplused, nonplussed, stranded, aground; stuck fast, set fast; up a tree, at bay, aux abois, driven into a corner, driven from pillar to post, driven to extremity, driven to one's wit's end, driven to the wall; au bout de son Latin; out of one's depth; thrown out. |
Gulf Lake | Noun: land covered with water, gulf, gulph, bay, inlet, bight, estuary, arm of the sea, bayou, fiord, armlet; frith, firth, ostiary, mouth; lagune, lagoon; indraught; cove, creek; natural harbor; roads; strait; narrows; Euripus; sound, belt, gut, kyles; continental slope, continental shelf. |
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);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). |
Opening | Embrasure, window, casement; abatjour; light; sky light, fan light; lattice; bay window, bow window; oriel; dormer, lantern. |
Resistance | Prendre le mors aux dents; sell one's life dearly, die hard, keep at bay; repel, repulse. |
Vaporization | Vaporizer, still, retort; fumigation, steaming; bay salt, chloride of sodium. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Wow, what a day, first that restaurant by the bay and then that, that play, that, that, that Oedipus thing (Hercules; writing credit: Ron Clements; Barry Johnson) I'd like to welcome you all to an event that's sometimes been called the Automotive counterpart to the Bay of Pigs (The Cannonball Run; writing credit: Brock Yates) Bay City Rollers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) I wouldn't miss this for a weekend with the Green Bay Packers as their towel girl (Happy Days; writing credit: Lane Sarasohn; Ken Shapiro) In the maintenance bay, where I'm about to have a fight with Aeryn (Farscape; writing credit: Olivier Cauvin) | |
Lyrics | It's all good, from Diego to tha Bay (California Love; performing artist: 2 PAC) Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion (We Didn't Start The Fire; performing artist: Billy Joel) From the coast of California to the shores of Delaware Bay (Back In The USA; performing artist: Chuck Berry) You just shine like a beacon on the bay (Something About The Way You Look Tonight; performing artist: Elton John) I'd toss it across the bay (Good Luck Charm; performing artist: Elvis Presley) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Other Side of the Ledger: An Indian View of the Hudson's Bay Company (1972) Ambush Bay (1966) Paradise Bay (1965) The Bay of Saint Michel (1963) Fury at Smugglers Bay (1961) | |
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 | This is Gordon Isaacs, the first patient treated with the linear accelerator (radiation therapy) for retinoblastoma in 1957. Gordon's right eye was removed January 11, 1957 because the cancer had spread. His left eye, however, had only a localized tumor that prompted Henry Kaplan to try to treat it with the electron beam. Gordon is now living in the east bay, and his vision in the left eye is normal. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | St. James Bay. Credit: NASA. |
 | STS-93 Payload Bay Door Closure. Credit: NASA. |  | McCandless on Arm in Aft Payload Bay. Credit: NASA. |
 | Akpatok Island lies in Ungava Bay in northern Quebec, Canada. Accessible only by air, Akpatok Island rises out of the water as sheer cliffs that soar 500 to 800 feet (150 to 243km) above the sea surface. The island is an important sanctuary for cliff-nesting seabirds. Numerous ice floes around the island attract walrus and whales, making Akpatok a traditional hunting ground for native Inuit people. Credit: NASA. |  | Spanning the southern tip of the Florida Peninsula and most of Florida Bay, Everglades National Park is the only subtropical preserve in North America. It is the only place in the world where alligators and crocodiles exist side by side. Credit: NASA. |
 | San Francisco skyline from the bay on a hazy day. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Monterey Bay Case Study - Photo #1 First recorded soundings in Monterey Bay Surveyed by Don Miguel de Costanso - only 17 soundings. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Sailing is a popular pastime on the Chesapeake Bay. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | The Snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina, is easily confused with the alligator snapping turtle. Considered ill-tempered, they feed on invertebrates, fish, reptiles, carrion, etc. and a surprising amount of vegetation. These turtles trapped in the fresh and brackish waters of bay tributaries and sold to restaurants for use in soups and stews. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
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| "Echo bay backroads" by Jeff L Commentary: "This was shot probably around 1991-2 off a dirt road in behind echo bay, ontario somewhere. Lots of pretty colours contrasting with the evergreens." | "Bay" by Bob Hentges Commentary: "A bay on the south eastern side of Corsica." |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
After Three Days | Carroll, Lewis | Thus, as a sunless deep Mirrors the shining heights that crown the bay, So did my soul create anew in sleep The picture seen by day. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | My voice holds them at bay. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | And in the morning, the light on them, bay light |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Grow wild according to thy nature, like these sedges and brakes, which will never become English bay. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Seven facilities are designated as key facilities under the Osaka Bay Law in the area, but all of them (except Phase II of Izumisano Fisherman’s World) have already been constructed. (references) | |
Pohang-Yongil Bay New Port Co. Plans to develop the Pohang New Port into a hub port on the East Sea Rim Trade Route by introducing state-of-the-art port facilities through foreign direct investment. (references) | ||
In 1996, these areas were designated as a project of the Osaka Bay Law and the following facilities were planned to be constructed as key facilities under the Law. However, the original plan is now under review because of the economic situation. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Antigua and Barbuda | In July residents of the Old Road Village community barricaded streets in an effort to stop the construction of 11 beachfront units at the Carlisle Bay Resort. (references) |
Economic History | Equatorial Guinea | Location: Western Africa, bordering the Bay of Biafra. (references) |
Jamaica | Highway 200 will eventually link Kingston and Montego Bay. (references) | |
Human Rights | Somalia | On February 1 in Burhakaba, Bay region, four nomads were killed by a landmine explosion. (references) |
Russia | Soyfer and his colleagues had been engaged in measuring the radioactive contamination resulting from a 1985 nuclear submarine accident in Chazhma Bay. (references) | |
Kenya | In 2000 a Homa Bay court sentenced M.P. Shem Ochuodho to more than 3 years in prison for a violent assault on a political rival during the 1997 election. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Canada | To address these sentiments and respond to a pending lawsuit, in 1998 the Quebec government agreed with the Cree and Mohawk tribes to initiate negotiations regarding longstanding grievances over timber resources, public rights of way on tribal lands, and management of development in the James Bay region. (references) |
Trade | Jamaica | Jamaica has three active industrial park/free trade zones: the Kingston Export Free Zone, the Montego Bay Export Free Zone and Garmex. (references) |
Jamaica | At the end of 2000, Montego Bay Free Zone had a total of approximately 488,000 sq. ft. of office and factory space all of which was completely filled. (references) | |
Travel | Sri Lanka | Travelers are advised not to travel to Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Arugam Bay. (references) |
Honduras | Isleña Airlines, also belonging to the TACA group, connects Tegucigalpa with the north coast and the Bay Islands. (references) | |
Zambia | Zambia is landlocked and goods come in and out via air freight, or four ports: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Beira, Mozambique; Durban, South Africa; and Walvis Bay, Namibia. (references) | |
Women | Namibia | Centers for abused women and children in Oshakati, Windhoek, Keetmanshoop, Walvis Bay, and Rehoboth are staffed with specially trained female police officers to assist victims of sexual assaults. (references) |
Worker Rights | Namibia | There are EPZ's at the Walvis Bay and Oshikango industrial parks and a number of single-factory EPZ's outside of these parks. (references) |
Namibia | With only a few businesses operating in the Walvis Bay EPZ, the effectiveness of this agreement in securing the rights of workers in the EPZ could not be determined. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | Croix as now settled and what is usually called the Bay of Fundy lie a number of valuable islands. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Peters, on the Mississippi, and at Green Bay, on the upper Lakes. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | On survey of La Plaisance Bay, in the Territory of Michigan. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Terrorists who once occupied Afghanistan now occupy cells at Guantanamo Bay. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Bay" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 52.32% of the time. "Bay" is used about 3,103 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 52.32% | 1,623 | 5,124 |
| Noun (proper) | 47.3% | 1,467 | 5,527 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.19% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.1% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.06% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.03% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,103 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "bay" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Bay | Last name | 2,000 | 5,170 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Canada | Echo Bay Mines Limited | USA | Avalon Bay Communities Incorporated |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Bay, AR (city, FIPS 4180) 2. Bay, MO |
Expressions using "bay": Abukir Bay ♦ Alexandria Bay ♦ Alton Bay ♦ at bay ♦ barefoot Bay ♦ BAY 12-9566 ♦ bay at the moon ♦ Bay cat ♦ bay City ♦ bay County ♦ bay grass ♦ bay Harbor Islands ♦ bay Head ♦ bay Hill ♦ bay horse ♦ Bay ice ♦ bay Lake ♦ bay laurel ♦ bay leaf ♦ bay leaves ♦ bay longitudinal ♦ Bay lynx ♦ bay Minette ♦ bay myrtle ♦ bay of Bengal ♦ bay of biscay ♦ bay of Campeche ♦ bay of fundy ♦ bay of pigs ♦ bay Pines ♦ Bay porpoise ♦ bay Port ♦ Bay Region (Chemistry) ♦ bay rum ♦ bay salt ♦ bay scallop ♦ bay seal ♦ bay Shore ♦ bay Springs ♦ bay St. Louis ♦ bay state ♦ bay Stater ♦ bay the moon ♦ bay tree ♦ bay View ♦ bay View Gardens ♦ bay Village ♦ bay willow ♦ bay window ♦ bay wreath ♦ Bay yarn ♦ be at bay ♦ beaver Bay ♦ Bernhards Bay ♦ birch Bay ♦ Biscayne Bay ♦ bodega Bay ♦ bomb bay ♦ Botany Bay ♦ botany Bay fig ♦ Botany Bay kino ♦ Botany Bay resin ♦ Botany Bay tea ♦ bring to bay ♦ Bristol Bay ♦ bull bay ♦ buzzards Bay ♦ California bay tree ♦ Cape Cod Bay ♦ carnelian Bay ♦ Chenega Bay ♦ chesapeake bay ♦ Chesapeake Bay retriever ♦ Clallam Bay ♦ cold Bay ♦ Colter Bay ♦ coos Bay ♦ Cruz Bay ♦ Delaware Bay ♦ Delaware Bay disease ♦ Depoe Bay ♦ Discovery Bay ♦ Dora Bay ♦ Eagle Bay ♦ Edna Bay ♦ Ellison Bay ♦ English Bay ♦ Fairfield Bay ♦ Fore bay ♦ Freshwater Bay ♦ Galveston Bay ♦ galway Bay ♦ Goodnews Bay ♦ Grand Bay ♦ Green Bay ♦ gun bay ♦ Half Moon Bay ♦ Hewlett Bay Park ♦ Hobart Bay ♦ hold at bay ♦ holding bay. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "bay": Bay-anglesey, Bay-antler, bay-bay, bay-bee, bay-coloured, Bay-K-8644, bay-leaved caper, bay-rum tree, bay-trees, bay-window, bay-windowed, bay-windows. | |
Ending with "bay": high-bay, sick-bay, three-bay. | |
Containing "bay": dapple-bay horse, lo-bay-lia. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
e bay.com | 5,097 | montego bay | 690 |
mandalay bay | 3,971 | bay city mi | 668 |
bay | 3,595 | thunder bay | 667 |
green bay packer | 3,418 | bay area rapid transit | 647 |
chesapeake bay | 2,654 | coos bay oregon | 616 |
green bay wi | 2,621 | e bay motor | 609 |
montego bay jamaica | 2,051 | green bay | 597 |
9 bay news | 1,909 | hampton bay fan | 588 |
put in bay | 1,870 | bay window | 552 |
tampa bay | 1,756 | glacier bay | 547 |
half moon bay | 1,478 | thunder bay canada | 540 |
tampa bay buccaneer | 1,118 | sturgeon bay wisconsin | 539 |
hampton bay | 1,085 | hampton bay ceiling fan | 533 |
green bay press gazette | 1,047 | morro bay | 520 |
tampa bay devil ray | 1,024 | chesapeake bay retriever | 517 |
e bay auction | 997 | bodega bay | 485 |
monterey bay aquarium | 895 | emerald bay | 432 |
mandalay bay las vegas | 862 | palm bay florida | 429 |
mandalay bay hotel | 765 | put in bay ohio | 416 |
half moon bay ca | 760 | north bay canada | 400 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "bay"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | baai. (various references) | |
Albanian | platformë hekurudhore, pjesë godine ndërmjet kolonash, ndarje (allotment, break, chamber, cleavage, compartment, detachment, differentiation, disjunction, dismemberment, dissociation, disunion, division, divorce, divorcement, estrangement, fission, fissure, fragmentation, leave taking, outgiving, parceling, parcelling, parting, partition, schism, scission, secession, segmentation, segregation, separation, severance, share out, sorting, spacing, split, splitting), liman (basin, blight, cove, fleet, Harbor, harbour, haven, nook, port), lehje (bark, barking, baying, bow wow, woof, yapping, yelp), leh (bark, ululate, yap, yelp), krah (arm, beam, boom, bundle, cantilever, console, fin, flank, hand, outhouse, outrigger, pinion, Pinna, shoulder, side, wing, winger), kompartiment, kalë brymsë, gji (bight, boob, bosom, bowels, breast, chest, entrails, gulf, inlet, milk, womb), e dalë (drip, extrusion, jut, lug, nib, nipple, offset, outing, overhang, projection, promontory, protuberance, shelf, torus, undershot), dafinë (laurel). (various references) | |
Arabic | فرس كميت (dun), كستنائي (maroon), مخزن الحبوب (barn, granary), مشربية نافذة ناتئة (oriel), نبح على, نبح (bark, cry, howl, yap, yelp), غار (be jealous, grotto, pothole), خليج (bight, cape, gulf, inlet, lough), جزء رئيسي من مبنى, الفسحة بين عمودين, الكمتة, الكستنائي اللون, إكليل غار (laurel), شهرة (celebrity, fame, kudos, notability, prominence, publicity, renown, report, reputation, repute). (various references) | |
Basque | badia. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | pisstskiá'ta. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | страничен перон, клетка (cage, cell, mesh, mew), отвор между две колони, ниша (alcove, housing, niche, recess, recession), залив (bight, embayment, fleet, gulf, hope), лавров (laureate, laurel), предната част на кораба, дорест кон (chestnut), дафиново дърво (laurel). (various references) | |
Catalan | badia. (various references) | |
Chinese | 隩 (cove, thulium), 隈 (cove), 灣 (gulf), 澳 (Australia, cove, deep bay, harbor), 海灣 (gulf [body of water]), 海湾 (Bays, loch). (various references) | |
Czech | bobkový list, záliv (gulf, Lough), vavřín (laurel), výklenek (alcove, niche, recess, stall), oddíl (troop), arkýř (bow window). (various references) | |
Danish | bugt (golf, gulf). (various references) | |
Dutch | baai (baize, cross-cut Maryland), kreek (stream), inham (golf, gulf). (various references) | |
Esperanto | bojegi (bark), golfeto. (various references) | |
Farsi | کهیر (Urticaria(L)), سرخ مایل به قرمز, عوعوکردن (Snap, Yap, Yip, Yowl), عاجزکردن (Beset, Confound, Disable, Harass, Importune), خلیج کوچک (Bight, Inlet), اسب کهر (Dun), دفاع کردن درمقابل . (various references) | |
Finnish | poukama (cove, creek, inlet), lahti (cove, golf, gulf). (various references) | |
French | baie (baize), travée (switch bay), bai (bay horse, when the BAI is set to one the receiver shall examine other channels for messages, when the receiver is in its home network and the BAI = 0 it is expected that the receiver will usually only examine this channel), aboyer (bark). (various references) | |
Frisian | baai. (various references) | |
German | Bucht (bight, cove, golf, gulf, Loch, stall), erker (oriel, oriel window), bellen (bark, bark out, boom, crack, crash, snap out, to bark), Bai (border area indicator, GFCF, gross fixed capital formation, when the BAI is set to one the receiver shall examine other channels for messages, when the receiver is in its home network and the BAI = 0 it is expected that the receiver will usually only examine this channel), Gestell (bench, chassis, clothes dryer, easel, frame, landing gear, rack, stand, tressle, trestle, undercarriage, workbench), Einbuchtung (indent, indentation, inlet). (various references) | |
Greek | κόλπος (gulf). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מפרץ (bight, cove, gulf, haven, inlet), לשון יבשה (gulf, inlet, spit), דפנה (laurel), סדרה (course, order, rally in sport, sequence, series, set, string, suit). (various references) | |
Hungarian | rekesz (aperture, bin, boot, bunker, compartment, crate, diaphragm, obturator, partition, subdivision, tray), öböl (bight, golf, gulf, sinus, trough). (various references) | |
Icelandic | vík, flói, fjörður. (various references) | |
Indonesian | selat (strait). (various references) | |
Italian | baia (bight, cove), campata (span), baio (sable). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 入り江 (cove, creek, inlet). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ないかい (inland sea, inlet, inner sphere, inner world, internist, physician), うつみ (inland sea, inlet), うちうみ (inland sea, inlet), うちのみ (inland sea, inlet), うちかい (inland sea, inlet), いりうみ (creek, gulf, inlet), いりえ (cove, creek, inlet), わん (bowl, gulf, inlet, Japanese soup bowl, wooden bowl), え (depending on, drawing, -fold, grip, handle, inlet, painting, picture, -ply, sketch, type of beefsteak plant, understanding). (various references) | |
Korean | 만 (Bays, gulf). (various references) | |
Manx | gullarnee (baying, howl, howling), gullal (baying, howl, howling), dhone-ruy, cooan, baie (first furrow). (various references) | |
Maori | kokoru. (various references) | |
Norwegian | bukt, vik (inlet). (various references) | |
Occitan | baia. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aybay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | vão (abortive, aperture, baubling, empty, fruitless, futile, interspace, needless, nugatory, porthole, span, unavailing, useless, vain), compartimento (branch, carrel, compartment, coupé, magazine, pigeonhole, speciality), cavalo baio (dapple-bay horse), baio (sorrel), baía. (various references) | |
Romanian | baie (ablution, balneum, bath, bathe, bathing, bathroom, ducking, seaside), bate (bark, baste, bastinado, beat, beat up, beetle, belabour, best, blow, box, bruise, buffet, burst, chastise, chime, clap, club, cob, contend, cuff, curry, dash, defeat, drive, drub, flail, flicker, flog, go, hit, horse, knock, knock in, lace, larrup, lash, lash into, lick, mint, paddle, palpitate, Pat, patter, peal, pound, pulsate, pulse, range, rap, rattle, ring, shake up, shine, slap, smite, sound, spank, strike, swinge, switch, tan, tap, tew, thrash, throb, thwack, tick, tinkle, toll, wallop, whip, worst), bovindou, boxã (box, Lodge, stall), fereastrã (gap, light, window), ananghie (difficulty, hardship, morass, pinch, trouble, want), arcadã (arcade, archway, cloister), cal murg (Sorrel), dafin (laurel), înghesui (accumulate, amass, beat a path, corner, cram, crib, crowd, heap, jam, jostle, nip, pack, pile up, squeeze, stack, stuff), despãrţiturã (division, enclosure, partition), travee, golf (golf, gulf), hãmãi (bark, yap, yelp), hãmãit (barking, yelping), lãtra (bark, cry, give mouth, speak), lãtrat (bark, barking, bow wow, cry), laur (laurel, laurels, palm, palm tree), loc de trecere, nişã (alcove, cubicle, niche, recess), punct terminal, deschidere (aperture, beginning, commencement, loop, opening, span, spread). (various references) | |
Russian | бухта (bight, coil, cove). (various references) | |
Scottish | bàgh (a bay), òb (a creek, creek, harbour). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zaton (inlet, loch), zaliv (bight, gulf), tesnac (defile, gorge, narrow, tight corner), terati (drive, drive away, force, make, urge), lovor (laurel), lajati (bark, yap), isturen prozor, goniti (chase, chevy, follow, hunt, hunt for, impel, prosecute, pursue), dorat. (various references) | |
Spanish | bahía (by-pass lane, lay-by, passing bay, passing place, turn-out), caballo bayo (bay horse), vano (bootless, coquettish, empty, idle, inane, pretty, span, unavailing, vain, wasted), nave (auditorium, body, nave, shed). (various references) | |
Swedish | vik (bight, inlet), bukt (bend, bight, coil, cove, creek, flexion, fold, gulf, turn, winding). (various references) | |
Thai | เสียงหอน, สีน้ำตาลแดง (terra cotta), อ่าว (gulf), ต้นอบเชยเดือน, หอน, ม้าสีน้ำตาลแดง, มุข. (various references) | |
Turkish | bölme (chamber, closet, compartment, curtain, dividing, dividing wall, division, divisional, fraction, hatch, hatchway, partition, repartition, screen, screening, section, septum, splitting), ulumak (howl, ululate, woof, yowl), uluma (howl, howling, ululation, yowl), revir (infirmary, sanatorium, sick bay, sick berth, sickroom), peron, koy (arm, armlet, basin, bight, cove, Creek, indentation, inlet, Loch, sound), körfez (arm, bight, cove, Firth, gulf, indentation, inlet, Loch, Lough), kızıl doru, havlamak (bark, howl, woof, yap, yelp), havlama (bark, barking, yap, yelp), doru (chestnut), dikme (erecting, erection, fixing, pillar, plant, planting, sewing), defne (Daphne, laurel). (various references) | |
Turkmen | dor (bay (color of a horse)). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | набережна (banking, bund, quay, wharf), проліт (aperture, width), безвихідне становище (blind alley, impasse, stymie), бухта (bight, sinus), лаври (bays, laurels), лаврове дерево (laurel), залізнична платформа, переслідувати (chase, drive, follow, ghost, hound, persecute, pursue, tag), затока, стійло (boose, box, crib, stall), ніша (alcove, hovel, niche, shanty), відбиватися (reflect, reverberate), відсік (cell, compartment), гавкання (bark, barking, woof, yap, yelp), гавкати (bark, woof, yap, yelp), гнідий (chestnut), гнідий кінь, загачувати (bank, barrage, impound, jam, pond, stank). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tiếng chó sủa cùng đường, ngựa hồng, hồng (rose, roseate, rose-coloured, rosy). (various references) | |
Welsh | bae (laurel), bachwy, llawryf (laurel), gwineugoch, gwinau (auburn, brown), cyfarth (bark), cilfach (creek, nook). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | kolpos. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | baca, badius, Laurus nobilis Linnaeus, Pimenta racemosa p.mill.j.w.morre, sinu, sinum, sinus. (various references) |
| Medieval Latin | 700-1500 | batare. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | baie. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Zechariah Chapter 6, Verse 3 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai en tw armati tw tritw ippoi leukoi kai en tw armati tw tetartw ippoi poikiloi yaroi |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et in quadriga tertia equi albi et in quadriga quarta equi varii fortes |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And in the thrid foure horsid cart white horsis, and in the fourth foure horsid carte dyuerse horsis stronge. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grizzled and bay horses. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And in the third, white horses; and in the fourth, horses of mixed colour. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Zechariah Chapter 6, Verse 3 |
| Cebuano | Ug sa ikatolo nga carro dihay maputi nga mga kabayo; ug sa ikaupat nga carro dihay ginggon nga makusog nga mga kabayo. |
| Chinese | 第 三 輛 車 套 著 白 馬 ． 第 四 輛 車 套 著 有 斑 點 的 壯 馬 。 |
| Croatian | u treæim kolima bijeli konji, a u èetvrtim kolima konji šareni. |
| Danish | for den tredje hvide og for den fjerde brogede. |
| Dutch | En aan den derden wagen witte paarden; en aan den vierden wagen hagelvlekkige paarden, die sterk waren. |
| Finnish | kolmansien vaunujen edessä oli valkeat hevoset, ja neljänsien vaunujen edessä oli täplikkäät, väkevät hevoset. |
| French | au troisième char des chevaux blancs, et au quatrième char des chevaux tachetés, rouges. |
| German | am dritten Wagen waren weiße Rosse, am vierten Wagen waren scheckige, starke Rosse. |
| Haitian Creole | Twazyèm cha a te gen chwal blan ki t'ap rale l'. Katriyèm cha a te gen chwal takte wouj ki t'ap rale l'. |
| Hungarian | És a harmadik szekérben fehér lovak; a negyedik szekérben pedig tarka lovak, erõsek. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | yang ketiga kuda putih dan yang keempat kuda yang belang. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | dan pada rata yang ketiga adalah kuda putih, dan pada rata yang keempat adalah kuda dauk, semua kuda teji. |
| Italian | il terzo cavalli bianchi e il quarto cavalli pezzati. |
| Maori | I te toru o nga hariata he ma nga hoiho, i te wha o nga hariata he kopurepure, he pakaka nga hoiho. |
| Norwegian | og for den tredje vogn var det hvite hester, og for den fjerde vogn flekkete, sterke hester. |
| Portuguese | no terceiro carro cavalos brancos, e no quarto carro cavalos baios com malhas. |
| Rumanian | la al treilea car cai albi, wi la al patrulea car cai bqlyayi wi rowi. |
| Russian | Ч ФТЕФШЕК ЛПМЕУОЙГЕ ЛПОЙ ВЕМЩЕ, Б Ч ЮЕФЧЕТФПК ЛПМЕУОЙГЕ ЛПОЙ РЕЗЙЕ, УЙМШОЩЕ. |
| Spanish | en el tercer carro caballos blancos y en el cuarto carro caballos moteados y bayos. |
| Swedish | för den tredje vagnen vita hästar, och för den fjärde vagnen fläckiga hästar, starkare än de andra. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bay": bayadeer, bayadeers, bayadere, bayaderes, bayamo, bayamos, bayard, bayards, bayberries, bayberry, bayed, baying, bayman, baymen, bayonet, bayoneted, bayoneting, bayonets, bayonetted, bayonetting, bayou, bayous, bays, baywood, baywoods. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "bay": embay, forebay, goombay, redbay, rosebay, sickbay. (additional references) | |
Words containing "bay": embayed, embaying, embayment, embayments, embays, forebays, goombays, kabaya, kabayas, redbays, rosebays, sabayon, sabayons, sickbays. (additional references) | |
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"Bay" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abhay, abi, abiy, abuy, abv, Baai, bacy, Bady, baf, baia, baie, Baif, baii, baij, baio, baiq, baj, baly, bamy, bany, bap, baq, bary, Baty, bau, baxy, baye, Bayh, bayl, bayn, bayo, bayt, bayu, bby, bcy, beay, bei, beky, Bemy, Beuy, Beya, beye, Bhagya, Bhai, Bii, Biky, biy, biyo, bja, bly, Bmya, boai, boay, boyf, boym, boyu, bpa, bsy, bty, buay, bva, bvaf, Bya, byad, byj, Byk, byv, Byw, hbai, ibiy, Mbiyu, obay, Xbai, yab. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "bay" (pronounced bā") |
| 2 | b ā" | Abbe, Bey, disobey, obey, sorbet. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: aby. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-y" | |
-1 letter: ab, ay, ba, by, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-y" | |
+1 letter: ably, abye, abys, baby, bays, bray, gaby. | |
+2 letters: abbey, abyes, abysm, abyss, ambry, baddy, badly, baffy, baggy, baldy, balky, bally, balmy, bandy, banty, barky, barmy, barny, barye, bassy, batty, bawdy, bawty, bayed, bayou, beady, beaky, beamy, belay, bialy, boyar, boyla, braky, braxy, brays, bunya, bylaw, byway, cabby, dauby, embay, gabby, lamby, maybe, tabby, yerba. | |
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