(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a part of a coast where the land curves inwards.
...a short ferry ride across the ~.
...the Bay of Bengal.
...the San Francisco Bay area.
N-COUNT: oft in names
2.
A ~ is a partly enclosed area, inside or outside a building, that is used for a particular purpose.
The animals are herded into a ~, then butchered...
The car reversed into the loading ~.
N-COUNT: oft supp N
3.
A ~ is an area of a room which extends beyond the main walls of a house, especially an area with a large window at the front of a house.
N-COUNT
4.
A ~ horse is reddish-brown in colour.
ADJ
5.
If a number of people are ~ing for something, they are demanding something angrily, usually that someone should be punished.
The referee ignored voices ~ing for a penalty.
...the ~ing crowd.
= clamour
VERB: usu cont, V for n, V-ing
6.
If a dog or wolf ~s, it makes loud, long cries.
A dog suddenly howled, ~ing at the moon.
VERB: V at n, also V
7.
see also sick ~
8.
If you keep something or someone at ~, or hold them at ~, you prevent them from reaching, attacking, or affecting you.
Eating oranges keeps colds at ~...
Prisoners armed with baseball bats used the hostages to hold police at ~.
PHRASE: V inflects