1. [noun] (obsolete) A berry.
2. [noun] Laurus nobilis, a shrub of the family Lauraceae, having dark green leaves and berries.
3. [noun] (in the plural) (now rare) The leaves of this shrub, woven into a garland used to reward a champion or victor; hence, fame, victory.
4. [noun] The leaf of this or certain other species of shrub, used as a herb.
5. [noun] (US) (dialect) A tract covered with bay trees.
6. [noun] A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeche in Mexico.
7. [noun] (geography) A body of water (especially the sea) more or less three-quarters surrounded by land.
8. [noun] A bank or dam to keep back water.
9. [noun] An opening in a wall, especially between two columns.
10. [noun] An internal recess; a compartment or area surrounded on three sides.
11. [noun] The distance between two supports in a vault or building with a pitched roof.
12. [noun] (nautical) Each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships.
13. [noun] (rail transport) A bay platform.
14. [noun] A bay window.
15. [noun] The excited howling of dogs when hunting or being attacked.
16. [noun] (by extension) The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey.
17. [noun] (figuratively) A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
18. [verb] (intransitive) To howl.
19. [verb] (transitive) To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay.
20. [verb] (transitive) To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds.
21. [adjective] Of a reddish-brown colour (especially of horses).
22. [noun] A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.
23. [noun] A horse of this color.
24. [noun] An indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.
25. [noun] The sound of a hound on the scent.
26. [noun] 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.
27. [noun] A compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital; 'they put him in the sick bay'.
28. [noun] A compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose; 'he opened the bomb bay'.
29. [noun] A small recess opening off a larger room.
30. [noun] A horse of a moderate reddish-brown color.
31. [verb] Utter in deep prolonged tones.
32. [verb] Bark with prolonged noises, of dogs.
33. [adjective] (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color.
