as in chamber
one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided
the garage has three separate bays for cars
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as in estuary
a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline
the bay is a favorite cruising ground for weekend yachtsmen
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as in glory
usually bays plural
public acknowledgment or admiration for an achievement
he wrote for his own personal satisfaction, not for any bays that the literary establishment might deign to bestow
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as in to shout
to speak so as to be heard at a distance
the mob was baying for revenge
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Recent Examples of bay
Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
The bay’s remarkable wildlife also captivated French expeditions of the early 1800s, most notably the naturalist François Péron—after whom the national park is named.
—Keith Drew, AFAR Media, 16 Jan. 2025
Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 7 June 2024
Lions bay up in high places, and the hounds follow.
—Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 1 Feb. 2024
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Noun
Any new stadium needs to be built on the Tampa side of the bay.
—Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
The bay’s remarkable wildlife also captivated French expeditions of the early 1800s, most notably the naturalist François Péron—after whom the national park is named.
—Keith Drew, AFAR Media, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
There were just thousands of reviews on this silly T-shirt of three wolves baying at the moon.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 7 June 2024
Lions bay up in high places, and the hounds follow.
—Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 1 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bay
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The hearing was briefly stopped several times by protesters with at least one shouting about the deadly fires in Los Angeles and the role fossil fuels play in global warming.—
Timothy Gardner,
USA TODAY,
16 Jan. 2025
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Authentic marketing isn’t about shouting the loudest but speaking the clearest.—
Carlo Tortora Brayda,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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Gerald Giraffe Wendy Wolf Wendy is an energetic wolf who loves to howl.—
Elisa Cinelli,
Parents,
16 Jan. 2025
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Fearsome winds are howling across Southern California.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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Europe has long been working against any Darwinist instincts, spending the past several years trying to wedge its head inside the mouth of the lion while their own people yell at them to stop.—
Rachel Marsden,
Hartford Courant,
19 Jan. 2025
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Though there was no damage to either car, a crowd of at least 10 Turks soon gathered, yelling at Hiba.—
Alia Malek,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Critics cried nepotism and lamented Robert F. Kennedy’s lack of qualifications and prior experience.—
Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
17 Jan. 2025
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All this recalls the fable of the boy who cried wolf once too often.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Marx himself would call DEI a classic case of ideology, a set of benign-seeming ideas that disguise the workings of the rulers, in this case empowered progressives.—
WSJ,
WSJ,
14 Feb. 2023
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However, today most young people rarely call each other.—
Andrea Wigfield,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2023
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“Bay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bay. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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