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bay

adjective
  1. used of animals especially a horse, of a moderate reddish-brown color
    “Your new horse has a beautiful bay coat.”
noun
  1. a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color
  2. a small recess opening off a larger room
    alcove
  3. a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose
    “One of the crew opened the bomb bay.”
  4. a compartment on a ship between decks
  5. the sound of a hound on the scent
  6. an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
    embayment
  7. small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking
    true laurelbay laurelbay tree
verb
  1. to bark with prolonged noises, of dogs
    “Fluffy bayed all night.”
    quest
  2. to utter in deep prolonged tones
    “I bayed at the moon.”