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
Uncruise Adventures, AFAR Media, 3 Sep. 2025
The man, whom the magazine did not identify citing privacy concerns, cut his shin on a bait fish trap on a pier in an inlet that leads to the bay.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
His 16-year-old daughter doesn’t know what life would be like without the barking and baying, high-energy creatures in her life.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Stand-up paddleboarding offers a fun way to explore Baja’s remote bays.
—Uncruise Adventures, AFAR Media, 3 Sep. 2025
The man, whom the magazine did not identify citing privacy concerns, cut his shin on a bait fish trap on a pier in an inlet that leads to the bay.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
The Paris collection was not just a show but a scene: outside, hundreds of live-streaming onlookers, many dressed in the previous season’s Loewe, bayed at the arrival of V.I.P. guests.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
His 16-year-old daughter doesn’t know what life would be like without the barking and baying, high-energy creatures in her life.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bay
Verb
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At one point, the same officer shouted at Ellis not to move.—
Elena Santa Cruz,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Then, Suarez moved to another part of the field, where he is seen shouting, stepping on the foot of Sounders head of security Gene Ramirez and spitting on him.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
2 Sep. 2025
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The screams, the reason everyone assembles, when the screams come, after a few collective inhales and exhales and a moment to gather one’s thoughts, the screams come like long guttural howls.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, for an AI that claims someone is going into something bad, but the AI has computationally misjudged the circumstance, users are bound to howl and get upset with the AI and the AI maker.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Daniel yells after jabbing his net into the bank.—
Wesley Bruer,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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As Mamdani was delivering his opening remarks, a man with a shirt that read Cuba and a Cuban flag approached the stage, yelling that Mamdani was a Communist.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Colman recalled crying on the set of the BBC's TV adaptation of Les Misérables after a scene in which her character hits a child.—
Daysia Tolentino,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Sep. 2025
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In episode 3, which came out in April, Howard’s character cries when Seth Rogen’s studio head character gives him a difficult piece of feedback, resulting in Howard angrily throwing his signature baseball cap at him.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Southlake Carroll’s game against Hebron was also called official with the Dragons leading 35-7 in the third quarter.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Sep. 2025
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Representatives for James have called the fraud claims made against her politically motivated and false.—
Robert Faturechi,
ProPublica,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Bay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bay. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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