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Substantiivi

1. (geography) A body of water (especially the sea) contained by a concave shoreline.
2. Laurus nobilis, a tree or shrub of the family Lauraceae, having dark green leaves and berries.
3.  A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.
4. An opening in a wall, especially between two columns.
5. The excited howling of dogs when hunting or being attacked.
6. A bank or dam to keep back water.
7. A horse of this color.
8. (by extension) The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey.
9. An internal recess; a compartment or area surrounded on three sides.
10. Bay leaf, the leaf of this or certain other species of tree or shrub, used as a herb.
11. A display unit in a shop or store, especially a large metal one
12. (figuratively) A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
13. A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeche in Mexico.
14. The distance between two supports in a vault or building with a pitched roof.
15. (in the plural, now rare) The leaves of this shrub, woven into a garland used to reward a champion or victor; hence, fame, victory.
16. (nautical) Each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships.
17. (US, dialect) A tract covered with bay trees.
18. (rail transport) A bay platform.
19. (obsolete) A berry.
20. A bay window.
21. A room for editing video footage or physical film.

Adjektiivi

1. (especially of horses) Of a reddish-brown colour.

Verbi

1. (intransitive) To howl.
2. (transitive) To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay.
3. (transitive) To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds.