bay
verb/beɪ/
/beɪ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they bay | /beɪ/ /beɪ/ |
| he / she / it bays | /beɪz/ /beɪz/ |
| past simple bayed | /beɪd/ /beɪd/ |
| past participle bayed | /beɪd/ /beɪd/ |
| -ing form baying | /ˈbeɪɪŋ/ /ˈbeɪɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] (of a dog or wolf) to make a long deep sound, especially while hunting synonym howl
- a pack of baying hounds
- [intransitive] bay (for something) (usually used in the progressive tenses) to demand something in a loud and angry way
- The referee's decision left the crowd baying for blood (= threatening violence towards him).
Word Originverb Middle English (as a noun): from Old French (a)bai (noun), (a)baiier (verb) ‘to bark’, of imitative origin.
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