Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: bay
IPA transcription: [b'eɪ]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: bay
    Meaning: (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: bay, embayment
    Meaning: an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
  • Synonyms: bay
    Meaning: the sound of a hound on the scent
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: bay
    Meaning: utter in deep prolonged tones
Usage examples
  • Suppose you no like this bay, why you come?
  • and he stopped, while contemplating the bay.
  • Like a withered leaf the moon is blown across the bay
  • "Did you ever see the tide come into the Bay of Fundy.
  • He had seen the yachts in the bay gay with little flags.
  • This bay, repeatedly dredged, furnished a huge supply of excellent oysters.
  • They sought out Roderick Finlayson, chief trader for the Hudson's Bay Company.
  • As matters stand at this date (1912) the Old Bay State needs the following new laws:
  • "Jump on the bay mare, and ride across, and say he must return instantly--that I say so."
  • Without protest, he allowed her to twine about his brow this spurious bay of Spanish scholarship.