Main Entry: ⁴bay

Function: verb

Etymology: Middle English baien, abaien, from Anglo-French abaier, of imitative origin

Date: 14th century

intransitive verb 1 : to bark with prolonged tones <dogs baying at the moon>
2 : to cry out : shouttransitive verb 1 : to bark at
2 : to bring to bay
3 : to pursue with barking
4 : to utter in deep prolonged tones