bay

bay has 27 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 3.

Definitions

• a.. Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses.
• n.. An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character.
• n.. 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.
• n.. A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.
• n.. 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.; one of the main divisions of any structure, as the part of a bridge between two piers.
• n.. A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks.
• n.. A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay.
• n.. A berry, particularly of the laurel.
• n.. 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.
• n.. A tract covered with bay trees.
• v. i.. To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game.
• v. t.. To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear.