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My eyes went blank, and I stared off, and the music started. It was raining, and the sun was shining at the same time, and there were these big bay windows, and there was the blue in the sky, and the sun on the trees, and it was drizzling.
Al Jarreau

Meaning of "bay" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BAY

From Old French baie, perhaps from Old French baer to gape, from Medieval Latin batāre to yawn.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BAY

bay  [beɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BAY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bay is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bay

Bay

A bay is a large body of water connected to an ocean or sea formed by an inlet of land due to the surrounding land blocking some waves and often reducing winds. Bays also exist in in-land environments as an inlet to any larger body of water, such as a lake or pond, or the estuary of a river, such as those found in and around the Great Lakes of North America, or in the estuary of the Parramatta River in Australia. A large bay may be called a gulf, a sea, a sound, or a bight. A cove is a circular or oval coastal inlet with a narrow entrance; some coves may be referred to as bays. A fjord is a particularly steep bay shaped by glacial activity. Bays were significant in the history of human settlement because they can provide a safe place for fishing. Later they were important in the development of sea trade as the safe anchorage they provide encouraged their selection as ports. Any bay may contain fish and other sea creatures or be adjacent to other bays. For example, James Bay is adjacent to Hudson Bay. Large bays, such as the Bay of Bengal and the Hudson Bay, have varied marine geology.

Definition of bay in the English dictionary

The first definition of bay in the dictionary is a wide semicircular indentation of a shoreline, esp between two headlands or peninsulas. Other definition of bay is an extension of lowland into hills that partly surround it. Bay is also an extension of prairie into woodland.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BAY

bay laurel
bay leaf
bay lynx
Bay of Bengal
Bay of Biscay
Bay of Campeche
Bay of Fundy
Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel
Bay of Naples
Bay of Pigs
Bay of Plenty
bay rum
bay rum tree
Bay Street
bay tree
bay window
bay wreath
bayadere
bayamo

WORDS THAT END LIKE BAY

anyway
away
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be that as it may
birthday
Blu-ray
Conway
day
display
everyday
Friday
from day to day
gay
gray
hay
highway
holiday
in a way
in no way
jay

Synonyms and antonyms of bay in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BAY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bay» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of bay
alcove · bark · bell · bellow · bight · clamour · compartment · corner · cove · creek · cry · cry out · embrasure · entrance · fjord · growl · gulf · howl · ingress · inlet · lament · niche · nook · opening · quest · recess · roar · sea loch · sound · wail · yelp

Translation of «bay» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BAY

Find out the translation of bay to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bay from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bay» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

海湾
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bahía
570 millions of speakers

English

bay
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खाड़ी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خَلِيج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бухта
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

baía
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উপসাগর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

baie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Teluk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bucht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Teluk
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vịnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விரிகுடா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Defne
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

baia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zatoka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

затока
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

golf
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κόλπος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

baai
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bukt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bukt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bay

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BAY»

The term «bay» is very widely used and occupies the 2.059 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BAY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bay» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bay» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bay

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10 QUOTES WITH «BAY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bay.
1
Kristin Armstrong
As my children leave the protected parameters of the bay called childhood and enter the wavier seas of adolescence, I'm starting to get seasick.
2
Alexander Cockburn
They keep telling us that in war truth is the first casualty, which is nonsense since it implies that in times of peace truth stays out of the sick bay or the graveyard.
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Dominic Cooper
I suppose there's an anger in all of us. Some hidden rage that you keep at bay.
4
Frederick Douglass
I could, as a free man, look across the bay toward the Eastern Shore where I was born a slave.
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Umberto Guidoni
At that point, there will be the handover between the shuttle arm and the station arm so that the shuttle arm will take the cradle and put it into the cargo bay.
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David Hackworth
Our generals talk a good game about taking care of their grunts, and the majority of our Beltway politicians bay with moralistic fervor about how they, too, support the troops.
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Chris Hadfield
I'm really looking forward to it, if you can imagine floating weightless, watching the world pour by through the big bay window of the space station playing a guitar; just a tremendous place to think about where we are in history.
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Josh Hamilton
The whole idea of the suburbs was to create these family-friendly places where people could flock and have more control over their existences, and keep things very controlled and placid and keep outside forces at bay.
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Ronald Harwood
I mean he's a very famous director... they're not going to put their... and he's very tough, he doesn't like interference at all, so he kept them at bay.
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Al Jarreau
My eyes went blank, and I stared off, and the music started. It was raining, and the sun was shining at the same time, and there were these big bay windows, and there was the blue in the sky, and the sun on the trees, and it was drizzling.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BAY»

Discover the use of bay in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bay and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Chesapeake Bay Blues: Science, Politics, and the Struggle to ...
This book addresses the Chesapeake Bay as a political problem and reveals how the political process has worked against the interests of science, the public, and environmental advocates all at once. Visit our website for sample chapters!
Howard R. Ernst, 2003
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The Bay of Pigs
In The Bay of Pigs, Howard Jones provides a concise, incisive, and dramatic account of the disastrous attempt to overthrow Castro in April 1961.
Howard Jones, 2008
3
Boston's Back Bay: The Story of America's Greatest ...
A fascinating look at the people, politics, and technology behind the massive landfill project that filled Boston's Back Bay.
William A. Newman, Wilfred E. Holton, 2006
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Escape from Botany Bay: The True Story of Mary Bryant
In 1791, after being transported to Australia in the first shipment of convicts, Mary Bryant, her husband, two children, and seven other convicts, unable to endure the terrible conditions of the penal colony, organize a daring escape in an ...
Gerald Hausman, Loretta Hausman, 2003
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Guantanamo Bay and the Judicial-moral Treatment of the Other
Neither journalistic nor sensationalistic eye-witness accounts, this is the first book of serious reflection on the moral background and issues of internal legality surrounding the events of Guantanamo Bay.
Clark Butler, 2007
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Ethiopia at Bay: A Personal Account of the Haile Selassie Years
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John H. Spencer, 2006
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Haunted Green Bay
From the desecration of the father of Wisconsin’s burial spot to the winery that was a stop on the Underground Railroad to the nightclub haunted by a bullet-riddled love triangle, Haunted Green Bay stirs up the kind of history that keeps ...
Timothy Freiss, 2010
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The Bay of Pigs: Cuba 1961
A task force worked to find an option that met the president's requirements; and four days later theJCS approved a plan calling for a landing on the coast of Matanzas Province near Bahia de Cochinos (the Bay of Pigs). The terrain was not as ...
Gordon L Rottman, 2011
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The Road to Botany Bay: An Exploration of Landscape and History
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Paul Carter, 2010
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Galveston Bay
Sally E. Antrobus has produced a book for residents and visitors alike that tunes them in to what is happening in, on, and to the bay - the book she herself wished for when she first came to live nearby.
Sally E. Antrobus, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BAY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bay is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Pirate Bay cofounder: Prison was 'well worth' it
The hunt for the cofounders of torrent site The Pirate Bay was a lengthy game of cat-and-mouse, spanning several continents. In the end ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
2
Pension agency puts liens on property owned by Tampa Bay Times …
The Tampa Bay Times announced Monday that a federal pension agency has placed multi-million dollar liens on property owned by Times ... «Poynter.org, Jul 15»
3
Tigers claim 1B-OF Krauss off waivers from Tampa Bay
DETROIT (AP) -- The Detroit Tigers have claimed first baseman-outfielder Marc Krauss off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays. Manager Brad ... «Yahoo Sports, Jul 15»
4
A wonder of walleye in the bay
Chris McLaughlin, executive director of the Bay Area Restoration Council, says a "spontaneous fishery" broke out over the winter in Hamilton ... «Hamilton Spectator, Jul 15»
5
Appeals court upholds EPA's Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan
Appeals court upholds EPA's Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan. The ruling Monday upholds restrictions on farm and construction runoff and ... «13newsnow.com, Jul 15»
6
Acquisition-focused companies meet soaring demand on Bay Street
TORONTO (Reuters) - A raft of Canadian companies set up with a mandate to make acquisitions and led by prominent Bay Street names is ... «Reuters Canada, Jul 15»
7
Mud Bay Market in Cape Vincent offers convenient grocery stop in …
Mud Bay Market has been opened in the town of Cape Vincent by Stephanie L. White, right, and her fiance, Ricky S. Kline. «WatertownDailyTimes.com, Jul 15»
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$875000 Bay City Center Avenue resurfacing project slated to begin …
Dave Green, chairman on the Bay City DDA, and Bay City Manager Rick Finn pose on Center Avenue, a major street set to receive a milling ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»
9
Discovery of body in Glace Bay not deemed suspicious
Glace Bay resident Allie Weyman, who lives on nearby Park Street, said he discovered the body at about 11:30 a.m.. Weyman said he was ... «TheChronicleHerald.ca, Jul 15»
10
Tariq Ba Odah's Eight-Year Hunger Strike at Guantanamo Bay
This article was adapted from the essay "Nourishing Resistance: Tariq Ba Odah's 8-Year Hunger Strike at Guantanamo Bay" by Omar Farah, ... «RollingStone.com, Jul 15»

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