BAY MEANING IN SPANISH

Definition & Synonyms

• Bay

1. (v. t.) To bathe.
2. (n.) A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay.
3. (v. i.) A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
4. (n.) A berry, particularly of the laurel.
5. (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.
6. (n.) A bank or dam to keep back water.
7. (n.) An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character.
8. (n.) A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.
9. (v. i.) Deep-toned, prolonged barking.
10. (n.) A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks.
11. (v. i.) To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game.
12. (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.
13. (v. t.) To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear.
14. (n.) A tract covered with bay trees.
15. (a.) Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses.
16. (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.
17. (v. t.) To dam, as water; -- with up or back.

• Bay ice

1. () See under Ice.

• Bay leaf

1. () See under 3d Bay.

• Bay rum

1. () A fragrant liquid, used for cosmetic and medicinal purposes.

• Bay salt

1. () Salt which has been obtained from sea water, by evaporation in shallow pits or basins, by the heat of the sun; the large crystalline salt of commerce.

• Bay State

1. () Massachusetts, which had been called the Colony of Massachusetts Bay; -- a nickname.

• Bay tree

1. () A species of laurel. (Laurus nobilis).

• Bay window

1. () A window forming a bay or recess in a room, and projecting outward from the wall, either in a rectangular, polygonal, or semicircular form; -- often corruptly called a bow window.

• Bay yarn

1. () Woolen yarn.