" bay "

[Adjective]  | "bay" | \ ˈbā \

1: reddish brown

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English, from Anglo-French bai, from Latin badius; akin to Old Irish buide yellow;

[Noun]  | "bay" 

1: an animal that is a reddish-brown color : a bay animal; specifically : a horse with a bay-colored body and black mane, tail, and points

2: a reddish brown

Origin: 1535 ;

 Noun derivative of {see: |bay:1|bay:1};

[Noun]  | "bay" 

1: a principal compartment of the walls, roof, or other part of a building or of the whole building

2: a main division of a structure

3: any of various compartments or sections used for a special purpose (as in an airplane, spacecraft, or gas station)

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English, from Anglo-French baee opening, from feminine of baé, past participle of baer to be wide open, gape, from Vulgar Latin *batare;

[Noun]  | "bay" 

1: an instance of a dog barking with prolonged tones : a baying of dogs

2: the position of one unable to retreat and forced to face danger

3: the position of one checked

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English bai, abai, borrowed from Anglo-French abai, noun derivative of abaier "to {see: |bay:4|bay:4}";

[Noun]  | "bay" 

1: an inlet of the sea or other body of water usually smaller than a gulf

2: a small body of water set off from the main body

3: any of various terrestrial formations resembling a bay of the sea

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English baye, from Anglo-French bai, perhaps from baer to be wide open;

[Noun]  | "bay" 

1: laurel

2: any of several shrubs or trees (such as the red bay or sweet bay) resembling the laurel

3: a garland or crown especially of laurel given as a prize for victory or excellence

Origin: 15th century ;

 Middle English, berry, laurel berry, from Anglo-French bai, from L. baca;

[Noun]  | "lau*rel" | \ ˈlȯr-əl \

1: an evergreen shrub or tree (Laurus nobilis of the family Lauraceae, the laurel family) of southern Europe with small yellow flowers, fruits that are ovoid blackish berries, and evergreen foliage once used by the ancient Greeks to crown victors in the Pythian games —called also bay, sweet bay

2: a tree or shrub that resembles the true laurel; especially : mountain laurel

3: a crown of laurel awarded as an honor

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English lorel, in part from Medieval Latin laureola spurge laurel (from Latin, laurel sprig), in part modification of Anglo-French lorer, from Old French lor laurel, from Latin laurus;

[Noun]  | "bay leaf" 

1: the dried leaf of the European laurel (Laurus nobilis) used in cooking

Origin: 15th century ;

[Noun]  | "bay rum" 

1: a fragrant liquid used for cosmetic and medicinal purposes that was originally prepared by distilling a liquid containing leaves of the bay-rum tree macerated in rum but is now usually prepared from by mixing alcohol and water with the essential oils from the bay-rum tree along with other aromatic oils (such as the oil from allspice or cloves)

Origin: 1801 ;

[Verb]  | "bay" 

1: to bark with prolonged tones

2: to cry out : shout

3: to bark at

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English baien, abaien, from Anglo-French abaier, of imitative origin;

[Noun]  | "bay" 

[Noun]  | "bay" 

[Noun]  | "bay" 

[Noun]  | "bay window" 

[Noun]  | "bay windows" 

[Noun]  | "sick bay" 

[Verb]  | "bay"