bay

1. A berry.
2. Laurus nobilis, a tree or shrub of the family Lauraceae, having dark green leaves and berries.
3. Bay leaf, the leaf of this or certain other species of tree or shrub, used as a herb.
4. (in the plural) The leaves of this shrub, woven into a garland used to reward a champion or victor; hence, fame, victory.
5. A tract covered with bay trees.
6. A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeche in Mexico.

1. A body of water (especially the sea) more or less three-quarters surrounded by land.
2. A bank or dam to keep back water.

1. An opening in a wall, especially between two columns.
2. An internal recess; a compartment or area surrounded on three sides.
3. The distance between two supports in a vault or building with a pitched roof.
4. Each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships.
5. A bay platform.
6. A bay window.

1. The excited howling of dogs when hunting or being attacked.
2. (by extension) The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey.
3. A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.

1. To howl.
2. To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay.

   to bay the bear

3. To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds.

1. A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.
2. A horse of this color.

adjective

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