bays

• acclaim
• acclamation
• accolade
• applause
• bawls
• bellows
• calls
• caterwauls
• celebrity
• citation
• commendation
• compliment
• credit
• cries
• crows
• distinction
• elevation
• encomium
• enshrinement
• enthronement
• eulogy
• exaltation
• fame
• glorification
• glory
• hails
• halloos
• hollers
• hollos
• homage
• honor
• howls
• keens
• kudo
• kudos
• laud
• laurels
• note
• ovation
• panegyric
• plaudit
• praise
• props
• rave
• recommendation
• renown
• repute
• rhapsody
• roars
• screams
• screeches
• shouts
• shrieks
• shrills
• sounds off
• speaks out
• speaks up
• squalls
• squeaks
• squeals
• sun
• thunders
• toast
• tribute
• ululates
• vociferates
• wails
• whoops
• yaups
• yawps
• yells
• yelps
• yowls

• breathes
• mumbles
• murmurs
• mutters
• whispers

• noun
  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.
  7. A body of water (especially the sea) more or less three-quarters surrounded by land.
  8. A bank or dam to keep back water.
  9. An opening in a wall, especially between two columns.
  10. An internal recess; a compartment or area surrounded on three sides.
  11. The distance between two supports in a vault or building with a pitched roof.
  12. Each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships.
  13. A bay platform.
  14. A bay window.
  15. The excited howling of dogs when hunting or being attacked.
  16. (by extension) The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey.
  17. A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
  18. A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.
  19. A horse of this color.
  20. Baize.
• verb
  1. To howl.
  2. To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay.
  3. To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds.

• The coastline is dotted with small bays perfect for anchoring boats.
• At night, you can hear the hounds as they bays at passing strangers.
• Fishermen often gather in the sheltered bays during stormy weather.
• The map shows several hidden bays along the rugged shore.
• Tourists love exploring the quiet bays far from the crowded beaches.

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