Bay vs. Bight
Baynoun
(obsolete) A berry.
Bightnoun
A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow
‘the bight of a horse's knee’; ‘the bight of an elbow’;
Baynoun
Laurus nobilis, a tree or shrub of the family Lauraceae, having dark green leaves and berries.
Bightnoun
An area of sea lying between two promontories, larger than a bay, wider than a gulf
Baynoun
Bay leaf, the leaf of this or certain other species of tree or shrub, used as a herb.
Bightnoun
(geography) A bend or curve in a coastline, river, or other geographical feature.
Baynoun
The leaves of this shrub, woven into a garland used to reward a champion or victor; hence, fame, victory.
Bightnoun
A curve in a rope
Baynoun
A tract covered with bay trees.
Bightnoun
A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.
Baynoun
A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeche in Mexico.
Bightnoun
A bend in a coast forming an open bay; as, the Bight of Benin.
Baynoun
(geography) A body of water (especially the sea) more or less three-quarters surrounded by land.
Bightnoun
The double part of a rope when folded, in distinction from the ends; that is, a round, bend, or coil not including the ends; a loop.
Baynoun
A bank or dam to keep back water.
Bightnoun
a loop in a rope
Baynoun
An opening in a wall, especially between two columns.
Bightnoun
a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)
Baynoun
An internal recess; a compartment or area surrounded on three sides.
Bightnoun
a broad bay formed by an indentation (a bight) in the shoreline;
‘the Bight of Benin’; ‘the Great Australian Bight’;
Baynoun
The distance between two supports in a vault or building with a pitched roof.
Bightnoun
the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)
Baynoun
(nautical) Each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships.
Bightverb
fasten with a bight
Baynoun
(rail transport) A bay platform.
Bightnoun
a curve or recess in a coastline, river, or other geographical feature.
Baynoun
A bay window.
Bightnoun
a loop of rope.
Baynoun
The excited howling of dogs when hunting or being attacked.
Baynoun
(by extension) The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey.
Baynoun
(figuratively) A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
Baynoun
A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.
Baynoun
A horse of this color.
Bayverb
(intransitive) To howl.
Bayverb
(transitive) To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay.
‘to bay the bear’;
Bayverb
(transitive) To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds.
Bayadjective
Of a reddish-brown colour (especially of horses).
Bayadjective
Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; - applied to the color of horses.
Baynoun
An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character.
Baynoun
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.
Baynoun
A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.
Baynoun
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.
Baynoun
A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks.
Baynoun
A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay.
Baynoun
A berry, particularly of the laurel.
Baynoun
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.
‘The patriot's honors and the poet's bays.’;
Baynoun
A tract covered with bay trees.
Baynoun
Deep-toned, prolonged barking.
Baynoun
A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
‘Embolden'd by despair, he stood at bay.’; ‘The most terrible evils are just kept at bay by incessant efforts.’;
Baynoun
A bank or dam to keep back water.
Bayverb
To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game.
‘The hounds at nearer distance hoarsely bayed.’;
Bayverb
To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear.
Bayverb
To bathe.
Bayverb
To dam, as water; - with up or back.
Baynoun
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
Baynoun
the sound of a hound on the scent
Baynoun
small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors
Baynoun
a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital;
‘they put him in the sick bay’;
Baynoun
a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose;
‘he opened the bomb bay’;
Baynoun
a small recess opening off a larger room
Baynoun
a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color
Bayverb
utter in deep prolonged tones
Bayverb
bark with prolonged noises, of dogs
Bayadjective
(used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color
Bay
A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or even another bay. A large bay is usually called a gulf, sea, sound, or bight.
